The
good
Planned Parenthood applauds the decision by
the United States Department of Health and Human
Services to ensure access to affordable birth
control. This decision protects access to affordable
birth control for millions of women, regardless
of religious affiliations. “Birth control is
not just basic health care for women, it is
an economic concern,” said Planned Parenthood
of the Heartland President and CEO Jill June.
“This commonsense decision means that millions
of women, who would otherwise pay $15 to $50
a month, will have access to affordable birth
control, helping them save hundreds of dollars
each year.” Planned Parenthood believes all
women should be able to access the birth control
coverage benefit and opposes the current provision
that allows religious employers like hospitals,
churches and church associations, to deny this
benefit to their employees.
Seventeen Central Academy students were chosen
as winners in the Young Lawyers Division of
The Iowa State Bar Association’s “Know Your
Constitution” competition. In addition, out
of 1,500 essays submitted, Roosevelt High School
junior Nathan Leys captured the award for the
state’s best essay. In addition to Leys, winners
in the essay contest were Jack Bequeaith (Roosevelt),
Yadira Cano (Lincoln), Rebecca Cooks (Roosevelt),
David Eckley (Roosevelt), Emma Fisher (Roosevelt),
Becky Hall (Roosevelt), Nina Liu (Roosevelt),
Megan Mansfield (Roosevelt), Jessa Marfal (North),
Madison Pierce (Roosevelt), Rebecca Rasmussen
(Roosevelt), Alisha Smith (North Polk), Bryce
Stout (Lincoln), Brandon Ung (North), Luchang
Wang (Valley) and Takashi Yanagi (Valley). Congratulations,
kids. Maybe our future is bright after all.
The bad
Don’t burn this guy’s biscuits. Illinois resident
Harry Woods III, 43, was arrested last week
after he attacked his son over a batch of biscuits.
According to police, Wood’s daughter placed
the biscuits in the oven and told family members
to keep an eye on them as she left. Nobody paid
attention, and when Woods discovered the biscuits
had burned he became enraged, breaking a plate
over his son’s head and biting him. The son
told his father he would make more, but Woods
grabbed a meat cleaver, held it to his son’s
throat and threatened to kill him. Woods was
arrested and charged with aggravated domestic
battery.
Customers at a McDonald’s in Los Angeles were
apparently offered more than super sizing last
week. Khadijah Baseer, 31, was arrested after
she offered sexual favors to numerous McDonald’s
customers. According to police, numerous witnesses
stated that Baseer approached several vehicles
in the drive-thru offering sex for food, specifically
chicken nuggets. After she approached numerous
customers, the manager told her to leave the
restaurant, but she refused. Police arrested
Baseer, and she was charged with loitering and
suspension of prostitution. No “happy endings”
with this Happy Meal.
The ugly
Some people should not be fathers. Florida
resident John Nickoles Mulherin, 35, was arrested
last week after he beat his pregnant girlfriend
so badly she suffered from blackouts and a ruptured
spleen. According to police, Mulherin and his
girlfriend were arguing when he kicked her,
punched her then pushed her out the door onto
the front porch where she vomited and blacked
out. Then, Mulherin beat her for throwing up.
He forced her into the car, and while driving,
she blacked out again and crashed the car. Mulherin
then grabbed her by her hair and drug her out
of the vehicle. Mulherin drove her home, and
the woman blacked out again. Mulherin picked
her up and slammed her head against the wall
several times. She was later taken to the hospital
where she was treated for a ruptured spleen.
Mulherin was arrested and charged with aggravated
domestic battery on a pregnant female and two
counts of child abuse.
Whatever happened to a good, old-fashioned
drink in the face? A Waterloo woman is in jail
after police say she stabbed a man in the eye
with a two-pronged cooking fork. Darlene Oden,
57, is charged with willful injury and going
armed with intent. Police say she stabbed 49-year-old
Wesley Polk, of Waterloo, last week. Polk was
taken to a local hospital and later transferred
to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
for surgery. Oden is being held in the Black
Hawk County jail.CV |
