Outsider role strains Democrat Pettengill
The Mount Auburn legislator seems at odds with the party; it backs her.

By JENNIFER JACOBS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER

There is an Iowa lawmaker who barely talks to some of her Democratic 
colleagues anymore, who votes against their pet proposals, and who has 
pledged to not go to their private strategy meetings. She quit an important 
legislative committee. And she has triggered speculation that she'll turn 
Republican.

Rep. Dawn Pettengill said she takes pride in being an independent thinker.

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Learn about trumpeter swan re-introduction
JULI PROBASCO-SOWERS
REGISTER STAFF WRITER


March 28, 2007
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Learn about the efforts by the Dallas County Conservation Department to 
return trumpeter swans to the county at a program from 1-3 p.m. April 15 at 
the Brenton Arboretum two miles south of Dallas Center.

County Naturalist Laura Zaug will share the history of how the bird 
disappeared from Iowa’s wetlands, as well as the conservation efforts to 
reintroduce the trumpeter swans on a pond north of Adel.

Following the presentation, participants will drive to the pond to see the 
swans.

For more information and to pre-register, contact Kay Meyer at The Brenton 
Arboretum, 992-4211 or [log in to unmask],
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OPINION

Carlson: Many farmers are wondering: Who really owns deer in Iowa?
JOHN CARLSON'S IOWA

Some people at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources were sweating BB's 
last week over a Cedar County trial that could have turned the state's 
deer-shooting regulations into chaos.

Lots of Iowans were rooting for Tipton tree farmer Kevin Kelly in the case 
in which he was charged for shooting a deer he said was chewing up his 
Christmas trees.

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