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A 8 Tin Sioux City Journal. Thursday. February 29. 1 996 Fortes throws GOP race back Into turmoil for a boost heading into Georgia next Tuesday, which shapes up as Alexander's last stand. If Dole wins South Carolina, the next task will be to deny Forbes momentum heading into the March 7 New York primary.

That would require wins almost everywhere on March 5, when Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont hold primaries. Dole has backing from the GOP governors in South Carolina, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York, providing him valuable surrogates at a time candidates can't be in every target state. Still, Dole, once the overwhelming front-runner, has yet to win outside of his native Midwest. "In a two-way race with Buchanan, Dole would benefit because Buchanan motivates people who want to vote against him," said Goeas. "But in a three-way race, Dole is going to have to motivate his own vote, something he has yet to prove he can do." PAT BUCHANAN: A disappointing third in Arizona makes a South Carolina "We've still got a three-man race but, with a different three," said Republican pollster Ed Goeas.

"A protracted three-man race is not good for Dole, and Forbes has the resources to hang in there." Still, the Dole camp had some hope heading into this next stretch. For starters, Dole won North and South Dakota on Tuesday, lifting his spirits. Also, Forbes won't be able to match the time and money he invested in Arizona, where an absentee ballot operation planned months ago and more than $4 million in television advertising were keys to his victory. Buchanan also lost some steam in Arizona after boasting that victory was within sight. And nearly half the GOP primary electorate in the three states that voted Tuesday worried that Buchanan was too extreme to be president.

Here is a candidate-by-candidate look at the terrain for the contests just ahead: BOB DOLE: "The next big event is South Carolina," he said Wednesday. For him, South Carolina is a must-win primary Buchanan. He failed to make the Rhode Island ballot, and Tuesday brought this sobering news: Exit polls show half of voters believed Buchanan too extreme, suggesting a solid ceiling to his growth potential. STEVE FORBES: The "big Kahuna," in the words of his spokeswoman, is New York's March 7 primary. Forbes and Dole are on the ballot statewide; Buchanan qualified in about half the state.

"New York is going to be Dole's firewall, he's got to win here," said state GOP Chairman William Powers. Forbes will spend heavily along the way nudging Dole ever closer to the primary spending limit he faces because he accepts government matching funds. While the South is tough territory for Forbes because of his views on social issues, Colorado, Maryland, and the New England primaries offer a chance to target more upscale, moderate-conservative voters with the flat tax and other Forbes proposals. ALEXANDER: Alexander needs to beat Dole somewhere soon, either in South Carolina or Georgia. WASHINGTON (AP) With the deep-pocketed Steve Forbes back in the hunt, the Republican presidential race careens through a dozen states in the next week, a dizzying stretch of opportunity and peril for the three candidates atop the pack.

From South Carolina and Georgia, to Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and on to Maryland and Colorado, this next stretch will for the first time subject the candidates to a range of diverse electorates all at once. Heading into South Carolina's vote on Saturday, Forbes, Pat Buchanan and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole were clustered at the front. Forbes is the leader in delegates, but it is truly a race without a front-runner and one in which no prediction seems safe. After all, just a week ago Lamar Alexander had the spot now occupied by Forbes in the top tier. He could lay claim to it again if he can engineer a strong showing in South Carolina.

But he caused barely a ripple in the three states that voted Tuesday, and has scarce resources to compete with the personal fortune of a newly energized Forbes. win critical if he is to compete for the nomination and not just delegates. In 1992, Buchanan claimed to speak for the culturally conservative South but was crushed by President Bush in South Carolina, 67 percent to 26 percent, with Bush benefiting from the state GOP organization now in Dole's comer. In South Carolina and Georgia, Buchanan is banking on deep support from Christian conservatives active in GOP affairs. He hopes to lure Democrats" into the South Carolina primary with attacks on free trade deals.

On Wednesday, for example, he labeled Dole "the bellhop of the Business Roundtable" for supporting trade deals. Dole, Forbes and Alexander all back free trade, leaving Buchanan this niche. Among March 5 states, Maine and Colorado were strong Ross Perot states, and Buchanan has proven appeal to these voters, and he benefits everywhere from a competition for the more mainstream GOP vote. But with less money than Forbes or Dole, and not enough time to campaign everywhere, targeting becomes critical for Snort, the hero County wrestles with costs for services to juveniles 7 K. dm i I length of time they would be filled by persons arrested from Osceola County.

"We may not be able to get that space back for a period of time and we'd be stuck with a higher population and would have to look for other detention centers," Olsen said. He noted centers across the state are also full. "But I can understand the board's concern," Olsen said. "They're making money decisions. We didn't anticipate the high cost.

It's putting everyone in a bind." Olsen submits a weekly report to the county supervisors that shows a juvenile population of more than 20 on occasion. When there are that many, some have to be "farmed out." It's possible at some point that decisions will have to be made about releasing some of the juveniles who are not considered extremely dangerous to some type of monitored or home care situation, Olsen said. "But those are decisions I don't want to have to make." county whenever it can." Conway said more kids are being placed in shelter care and it's costing care centers more. "It's not the sweetheart deal we used to have, that's for sure," Supervisor Larry Clausen said. "We can't pay for it.

There are some very valuable programs that are going to go down." Supervisor Earle Grueskin called it "a storm brewing." Mark Olsen, director of the Juvenile Detention Center, said the county recently paid a $9,000 bill for housing juveniles waived up to adult court in the Osceola County Jail because the detention center was overcrowded. Another bill for $15,000 is coming due, Olsen said. It costs $150 a day per person, he said. Grueskin had asked why the two juveniles in Osceola jail could not be transported back to the detention center when there was space available there from time to time. But Olsen told the board if the two spots in Osceola were left vacant for any A ByJudiHazlett Journal staff writer The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors is feeling gouged by costs for services to juveniles, some of which the state has declined to pay-Supervisors are hard pressed to say how the county can continue to pay for some of the services, they told two juvenile officials who attended the board meeting this week.

Dan Conway, chief juvenile court officer, 3rd Judicial District, explained to the supervisors that the Crit-tenton Center, which offers shelter care to juveniles, must pay about $95 a day per child. The. state of Iowa pays about $75 of that, but the county is billed up to $18.75 a day per child. "The state of Iowa set the rate and threw the balance on the county," Conway said. "It should at least compensate facilities for what their costs are.

It's not a county responsibility. It's another example of how the state takes a little whack at the Protesters also poke fun at Branstad Deb Stolpe gives Snort a kiss as her husband, Humane Association and will receive an award Collin, holds the potbellied pig. The porker now after it saved the lives of the Stolpes. (Staff wears the title Pet of the Year from the Animal photo by Ed Porter) Snort the potbellied pig will be honored as hero New S.D. law gets tough on pedophiles from page one was oinkingand running up and down the bus." By Jennifer Palmer Journal staff writer Snort may be a life saver, but she still has to sleep on the back porch.

Snort, the persnickety, pretentious potbellied pig, has been named Pet of the Year by the Animal Humane Association for her persistence in saving her pals, Deb and Collin Stolpe of Sioux City, from carbon monoxide poisoning. "It's kind of funny isn't it? My Eig is going to receive the Purple eart of Pet awards. My husband thinks it's kind of embarrassing to think a pig saved his life he'd rather have had something macho intervene," Deb Stolpe said. Last year, the Stolpes were traveling cross country in their makeshift pink school bus after losing their 33-acre Oregon farm. Snort, the smallest of a recent litter of potbellied pigs, and a family dog were traveling with them.

One November night in Colorado, the Stolpes parked their bus in front of a relative's house and settled in for the night. Because it was so bitterly cold, Collin Stolpe Closed the windows, including the door to Snort's speedway a ramp attached to a door that allowed the pig free access to the out-- doors. "We didn't usually close the windows, but my husband thought it would be best that night. Then he started the propane heater and we crawled into bed, Deb Stolpe said. But something was wrong; Snort to Sioux City.

Collin Stolpe is originally from Sioux City. The family rented a house that allowed Snort. The house already had a ramp for wheelchairs, which Snort has turned into her speedway. 'She sleeps outside on the back porch where she has her blankets and stuff. When she wants to come inside, she whines at the door much like a dog would bark or scratch at the door," Deb Stolpe said.

Snort will receive her William 0. Stillman Award for bravery on March 14 in Aurora, Colo. Mayor Paul Tauer will present the award. The 96-year-old award was first presented to John Doerflinger who was seriously injured while rescuing a dog trapped on the tracks of an elevated railroad in New York City, said Betty Lewis of the American Humane Society Association. Since then, 140 animals and 117 people have received the award.

Snort is only the second pig to receive the honor. She was nominated by a Denver television reporter who originally reported Snort's heroics last November. Snort plans to accept her award while decked out in a custom leash and halter, earrings and high heels well not literally. If you look at Snort's feet from the back, it looks like she is wearing high heels, Deb Stropesaid. 'All I can do is promise you that she'll be decked out.

After all, not every pig wins an award." consented. Students who get caught with guns on school property may be expelled indefinitely under another new law. Had the current limit of one year not been lifted, South Dakota risked the loss of $88 million in federal education money. Also becoming law July 1 is a bill that says police may notify parents and school officials when students are suspected of using drugs or alcohol, or misbehaving. Included is a provision that prevents students who are kicked out of school for those things from transferring to another school until the penalty has expired.

Janklow signed another measure that allows counties to enter lease-purchase agreements of up to 20 years for regional jails. Janklow also signed other bills Wednesday. Among are laws that will: Eliminate the current requirement that fired workers get their final paychecks within five days, allow employers until the next regular payday to issue a final check. Give some libel protection to businesses that provide unfavorable job references for former employees. Require warning lights or train-activated alarms at the 25 or so places where railroad tracks cross state highways.

Begin state regulation of wind energy, banning the sale of wind-energy rights unless the land is also sold; however, wind-energy leases up to 50 years are allowed. PIERRE (AP) Pedophiles, gun to tin' students, prison sex and regional jails are among the topics of several bills signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Bill Janklow. Child molesters convicted after July 1 will be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison under a measure approved by the governor. Lawmakers who backed the bill said few pedophiles can be cured, and they should be kept away from temptation as long as possible.

Janklow agrees. "The fact that a person is a pedophile and we didn't shoot them means we've got to keep them," he said. "You don't cure those animals. You just put them in a cage and leave them there." The law allows pedophiles to be imprisoned for life. It defines a pedophile as someone at least 26 years old who rapes a child 13 or younger who is not a family member.

Last year's prison release of child molester Willard Petteys, who indicated he found nothing wrong with sex involving children and adults, prompted introduction of the bill. Legislators say the law will send a strong message to pedophiles that South Dakota will not tolerate them. Janklow also signed a till making it a crime for prison guards to have sex with inmates, providing punishment of up to two years in prison and a $2,000 fine. A guard can be found guilty of having sex with an inmate even if the prisoner "The governor has a large number of contributors from across the state. The governor believes very strongly that we need a healthy hog industry and he's worked very hard to promote the hog industry for Iowa," he said.

The protesters had some fun Wednesday, bringing in a Branstad impersonator to speak to them. Bobby King of Des Moines styled his hair like the governor, wore a baggy suit and added some black dye to his moustache to make it look like Branstad 's. "Nobody knows manure than I do," King told the crowd. Brad Wilson, who farms near Springville, led the crowd in singing "Old MacDonald" with some new lyrics. "With leakage here, a fish kill there, air pollution everywhere, MacDonald saw a factory farm, E-I-E-I-O," Wilson sang.

Wednesday's rally followed public hearing Tuesday night in the Iowa House that drew about 90 speakers and lasted for hours. During the 1995 session, the Legislature passed a law to regulate large hog lots. The largest operations, and some smaller ones, must spell out for the state how they'll handle the manure from their animals. In exchange for meeting state guidelines, the owners are protected from lawsuits over such issues as odor. squealed and whined most of the night.

Thinking the pig needed to relieve itself, Deb Stolpe took Snort outside several times. "The third time, she was oink-ing and running up and down the bus. Even the dog was getting irritated at her. That's when I poked my husband and asked him what was wrong with Snort," she said. Deb Stolpe then noticed her husband was convulsing and ing trouble breathing.

Thinking he was having a heart attack, she ran inside to call 911. Later she learned that both she and her husband had suffered carbon monoxide poisoning because of a leak from their propane heater. Both were treated in a hyperbaric chamber. Snort was not injured. When tested, Collin Stolpe had a carbon monoxide level of 38 percent, while Deb had a level of 32 percent.

Death usually results at 40 percent. "The doctor said Snort probably couldn't smell the propane, but said she probably had a severe headache from the leak. I guess she was trying to wake me up because she didn't feel good," Deb Stolpe said. Glorified as a hero, four days later Snort moved with the Stolpes Morissette, Hootie the Blowfish win Grammys on the cake," she told the audience. LOS ANGELES (AP) Alanis graphic sexual references, was per Two rival radio stations to merge ranging from TLC to Vanessa Williams and Madonna, was honored as producer of the year.

Country's hot new star, Shania Twain, topped a competitive field to capture best country album for "The Woman in Me." Vince Gill's "Go Rest High on That Mountain," written about his late brother Bob, was the heartfelt winner of best country song. "It's the first thing I've ever done mat was really personal," Gill said. In a posthumous honor to Cobain, the Seattle grunge band's leader, Nirvana won best alternative performance for "MTV Unplugged in New York." In the increasingly important rap category, trophies went to Naughty by Nature for best album "Poverty's Paradise," and to Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige for group performance for "I'll Be There for YpuYou're All I Need to Get By." In the rhythm and blues competition, TLC won group vocal performance for "Creep" and best album for "Crazysexycool." formed word-for-word by Morissette on the Grammy stage but CBS bleeped out the most flagrant four-letter word. "This award does not represent the fact that I'm better than any other women that were nominated with me but it does represent a lot of people connected to what I wrote and for that I'm grateful," Morissette said after receiving her trophy for female rock vocal performance.

Vince Gill, the trio TLC and Stevie Wonder also captured two Grammys apiece, Frank Sinatra scored his first victory in decades and Nirvana was saluted for its last effort before the death of leader Kurt Cobain. A surprised Annie Lennox said she was honored to win a Grammy for the best female pop vocal performance in a year of so many strong performances by women artists. "It's fantastic to see people develop and coming into themselves. I've been doing it a long time, you know. This is very nice.

It's a little cherry Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill" was named rock album and album of the year and her emotionally raw single "You Oughta Know" won two other awards as. the Grammys embraced some cutting-edge music Wednesday night. Seal's "Kiss from a Rose" won record and song of the year, and he was named best male pop vocal performance. Mariah Carey, who entered the competition tied with Morissette's leading six nominations, won nothing her traditional-sounding album "Daydream" failed to generate trophies in a year with the recording academy skewed to a not-so-romantic view of life. Morissette's "You Oughta Know" won best rock song and female rock vocal performance.

With 1995's best-selling album "Cracked Rear View," Hootie the Blowfish won best new artist and pop group vocal performance, for "Let Her Cry." "You Oughta Know," with Coolio won best rap solo for "Gangsta's Paradise." In perhaps the most meaningful acceptance speech, he addressed black and Hispanic students who have been engaged in brawls on a Los Angeles high school campus. "Ain't no gangsters living in paradise. So wake up and get something new in your life, the rapper said. Most of the awards in the 88 categories were presented in a program before the CBS telecast with Ellen DeGeneres as host. DeGeneres had her own edge, opening with off-color banter about a song title.

"This is not your father's she noted later in the telecast. Sinatra captured his first competitive Grammy in 29 years. His "Duets II" was named best traditional pop vocal performance. "It was a dream," said producer Phil Ramone, who picked up the Grammy for Sinatra. Recording industry mentor Babyface, who worked with artists all employees will retain their jobs; however, some shifts in employee duties are possible.

"The opportunities afforded both our companies by this merger will make each of us stronger and thereby able to offer a better over-the-air product," said George Pelletier, manager of KMNS-KSEZ. The merger, the first of its kind in the Sioux City market, became possible with the recent passage of the Telecommunications Bill which permits relaxed ownership regulations for radio stations. Cardinal Communications has owned KWSL-KG95 since 1984 and Chesterman Communications purchased KMNS-KSEZ in December 1991. Two longtime rival radio stations are merging operations. Owners of KMNS-KSEZ and KG95-KWSL announced Wed-, nesday the signing of a letter of I intent to combine operations.

However, both stations will continue existing programming operations, it was announced. KMNS-KSEZ is owned by Chesterman Communications Sioux City Inc. while KG95-KWSL is owned, by Cardinal Communications Inc. "We've been rivals for a long time," said Ted Mann, manager of KG95-KWSL, "and frankly I'm looking forward to working with the folks across town rather than continuing to compete against them." Mann said it is anticipated that.