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1 RTilSivootl's mettle Page CI AOL's future 1 3 1 Page A6 Thursday Oct 7 1999 THE I CITY Partly sunny High in low 70s 50 cents 3 1 1 1 1 i iii Celebrating Siouxland Pride" METRO EDITION Vol. 136 No. 35 Sioux City, Iowa Cows thrive on greener pastures WASHINGTON (AP) The par tisan duel over Social Security continued Wednesday as the Senate signaled support for using across-the-board spending cuts to keep from i I tapping the pension program surpluses. By MicheleLinck Journal staff writer Rotational grazing is the most ancient of "traditions." After all, the buffalo would graze, then move on to a fresher spot and graze some more, points out Brian Weaver, of Weaver Ranches and its 7UP brand. Weaver rotationally grazes a 120-cow cow-calf herd on 400 hilly acres near Anthon, Iowa.

His land is divided up into 16 separate pasture "cells" through which he rotates his cows throughout most of the year, alternately resting each area so the grass grows back lush and nutrient rich. Only for about By 54-46, the Senate approved a non-binding, Republican resolution advocating unspecified, across-the-board cuts in all 13 annual spending should close tax loopholes and find other unspecified savings to pay for spending. Neither vote advanced Congress' overdue spending bills for fiscal 2000, which began Friday. Rather, a battle for political positioning was under way, with Republicans casting themselves as champions of Social Security and Democrats accusing the GOP of seeking dangerous cuts in popular programs. "Our objective is to make absolutely certain we don't dip into or spend Social Security surplus money," said Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles, defending across-the-board cuts as a sensible way to prevent that if other savings SEE HOUSE continued on page A3 bills for the new fiscal year.

Sen. John McCain, a presidential contender, was the only senator to cross party lines. Later, the Senate voted 54-46 to reject a Democratic alternative, with defections by Sens. John Edwards, James Jeffords, and Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. That two months, during calving, does he feed his cows.

Even in October, with no appreciable rainfall since early August, Weaver's pastureland boasts stands of foot-high springlike grass. Between the resting, the non-binding measure said instead ot across-the-board cuts, Congress grazing, the manure left behind, and perhaps one haying, the forage's roots are deep and the plants strong. It is an operation after 1 om 'Slots' law opens doors for airlines Gould's own heart. A grassland conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Gould talks to every farmer and agriculture student he can, pro fir By Kate Thompson Journal staff writer selytizing for rotational grazing. Above, Brian Weaver stands in a pasture on his rural Anthon, Iowa, farm.

He says rotating his cattle grazing among different pastures is easier than feeding with machinery and keeps his herd heavier and healthier. Conservationist Tom Gould, left, contends rotating pastures lets 1 forage crops replenish, reducing the need for feed. It also inwoves water quality, wildlife -m-S I. Jt In between the days or tree-roaming buffalo and modern-day livestock production came fencing and the continuously grazed pastures it makes possible. It is the continuous grazing tradition Gould works to counter.

"Look at the forage here," he says, stopping his truck beside a continuously grazed pasture with about 50 cows in it, on the road to visit Weaver's operation. The grass has been eaten down as short as a golf course fairway, and it's bluegrass, he points out. Gould says nothing else would survive being kept that short all the time. limited on its ability to get slots." But first the measure will be considered by a House-Senate conference Committee. Grassley, who is expected to be on that committee because of his stature in budget matters, has vowed to fight for an amendment he and Harkin proposed that would eliminate the slot rule, also called the 'high density rule.

Sen. John McCain, chief sponsor of the Federal Aviation Administration bill, told The Associated Press that the FAA cannot make new grants for airport projects until the measure is completed because of the start of the new fiscal year last Friday. "If we fail to reauthorize this pro- SEE SENATORS continued on page A3 habitat and profits. (Staff photos A Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Sen.

Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, worked together on air travel legislation that could mean increased service in Sioux City. Sioux City has been locked out of "slots" allowing travel to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Under the bill passed Tuesday by the U.S. Senate, the city could see increased opportunities for planes to travel to Chicago. "There is no question that Sioux City's ability to attract an airline would be greatly enhanced," said Richard Bender, a policy staffer with Harkin's office.

"It is my understanding that there is an airline that very much wants to service but has been by Jim Lee) VA 7 SEE GRAZING continued on page A3 Itars will lobby NewsCapade lets public be editors for Sioux City WB By Bruce R.Miller Journal staff writer I foil- LfHf ing on two channels. To help smaller cities like Sioux City the network created WB100-plus, a nationwide station group. KXWB, Sioux City's version, wouldn't have a nightly newscast, a local studio or a specific staff. Instead, representatives from KCAU, the city's ABC affiliate, would sell advertising and help maintain its identity. The problem? Without a tower, signal and station, the WB has to run its programs through another source namely a cable system.

Cable ONE officials, however, say they're happy with WB programming on WGN and don't see why the arrangement has to change. "We want this programming," Cable ONE General Manager Jeff Olson said Vednesday. "If they're so enthusiastic about getting WB programming into the market, why don't they show it on a tape-delay basis?" Olson said Cable ONE has received a number of ohone calls from By Terry Turner Journal correspondent VERMILLION, S.D. A mobile exhibit featuring artifacts from Newseum, an interactive museum of news, is now on the campus of the University of South Dakota at Vermillion. Newseum' NewsCapade With Al Neuharth is on the Law School Mall.

The exhibit arrived Wednesday in four, custom-designed vehicles. When the display is set up it forms a pavilion 64 feet long, 59 feet wide and 17 feet high. Inside the pavilion, visitors can see selected exhibits and artifacts from the $50 million, Newseum in Arlington, Va. The Newseum and NewsCapade are funded by the Freedom Forum that was established in 1991 by Neuharth, founder of USA TODAY. Neuharth, a graduate of USD, says, "The Newseum in Arlington, is helping visitors there get a better understanding of the relationship SEE NEWSEUM continued on page A3 The battle to bring programming from The WB to Siouxland has just intensified.

Two of the network's stars Shannen Doherty and former Sioux Cityan Bryce Johnson will join WB CEO Jamie Kellner at a ques-tion-and-answer session at the Southern Hills Mall at 4 p.m. Oct. 15. The appearance is part of a promise Kellner made in June, vowing to get his network's programming on Cable ONE if it meant bringing stars to town and "marching up and down the street" in front of the cable company's office. Friday, WB programming disappears from the local cable system.

That day, WGN, which had been carrying WB shows, will switch to syndicated fare, leaving Siouxlanders without "Dawson's Creek," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or Doherty's show "Charmed." The WB is leaving WGN, according to Kellner, because cities where the network already has stations felt Mark Lakin and Chris Robinson help prepare the Vermillion Wednesday. The traveling exhibit will Newseum's NewsCapade With Al Neuharth on be open to the public today through Saturday, the campus of the University of South Dakota at (Photo by Terry Turner) subscribers asking for the WB, but no more than the number ot cans i i I SEE 'CHARMED' continued on page A3 it was redundant to have programm I I MIMIWa Ill II I I I I i i i -'v i it hAA tinn it Prime real estate: Money magazine picks San Francisco as the best big city in which to live and Rochester, wins the honor for the best small city in the annual rankings. Page A13 Tropical depression: At least 66 people have died due to flooding in 10 Mexican states from torrential rains and mudslides in central and southern Mexico. Local media says the death toll could rise. Page A12 TV superstar Molly Shannon takes her "Saturday Night Live' character Mary Katherine Gallagher to the big screen.

Meet the actress and find out how she became the ultimate parochial school student. Friday's Arts section, only in The Sioux City Journal. iiiieic iu uiiu ii Dear Abby page C7 Ann Landers C6 Bridge page C6 Comics page Classifieds C10 Horoscope C6 page A1 0,11 Movies pageC8 Obituaries page C9 Opinion pageA8 Puzzle pageC6 TV pageC7 1999 Sioux City Newspapers Inc. The Journal f'o uses recycled Wl 1 I paper and color soy ink. Tragic end Alex Lowe, regarded as the world's greatest mountain climber who single-handedly rescued several climbers in Alaska and even guided his 10-year-old son to the top of the Grand Teton, was swept to his death in the Himalayas Tuesday in an avalanche on the world's 14th-tallest mountain.

page A16 AM Sioux City do you realize that we no longer receive WB programs on Cable One? We don't get to see "Dawson's Creek," "Felicity," "Charmed," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The Steve Harvey Show," "Seventh Heaven" and the new fall lineup which includes "Popular," starring Bryce Johnson from Sioux City. Cable One should know its customers want WB in Sioux City. Patricia AdantsM, Sioux City I liilti bscribe'to The Sioux City Journal by calling (712) 23340 or 1 (S00) 337-2213 Websiteityj i.