Central Iowa Sierra Program: Wednesday, May 19, 7:30 p.m. Bill Leonard "Sisyphus Had It Easy" Environmentalists enter the political fray burdened by the greatest handicap that the game can impose. There is no escaping the handicap, no appeal, no way to rewrite the rules to get an even break. No other cause faces a handicap of similar magnitude. But if the activists even think of giving up, they will have broken faith with the future. Bill Leonard worked as reporter and/or editor on newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas and South Dakota before coming to Iowa. He retired three years ago after 30 years on the editorial staff of the Des Moines Register. In the course of writing more than 10,000 editorials, he changed exactly one mind. His own. Central Iowa Sierra programs are held at 7:30 p.m. at Grace United Methodist Church, 37th and Cottage Grove in Des Moines. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask]