Below is part of an editorial that appeared today in the DAILY TRIBUNE of Ames. If you'd like to read the rest of the editorial, go to: <A HREF="http://www.amestrib.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2035&dept_id=238098&newsid=7335370&PAG=461&rfi=9">http://www.amestrib.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=2035&dept_id=238098&newsid=7335370& PAG=461&rfi=9</A> *** Barn owls are bad for business! That's the reason Iowa can't attract new industry or why college graduates leave here in droves or why Medicare reimbursement is so low or why teachers are paid so little. Too many barn owls! Oh, and peregrine falcons, too. Too many of them, driving out dollars. *** Cindy Hildebrand [log in to unmask] Ames, IA 50010 "We are all passengers on this little mossy ship, this delicate dory sailing round the sun that humans call the earth. Joy, shipmates, joy." (Edward Abbey) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]