| Pick-a-president: WA voters face confusing caucus-primary brew
These are held in schoolhouses, church basements, fire halls, and living rooms. Democrats will use the results to begin a lengthy process of picking the state's 80 national delegates. The party also will send 17 automatic "superdelegates," such as the governor, who won't have to commit to a particular candidate. Republicans will use the caucuses to apportion about half of their 37 delegates, 18, to the GOP national convention. Three other superdelegates are automatic. Caucus locations are on the party Web sites. -The state-run primary will culminate on Feb. 19. Again, Democrats will ignore the election results; Republicans will use the GOP voters' preferences to allocate the other half of their delegates, or 19. The two processes are very different.
Kenyan Rivals Unyielding Amid Bloodshed
Targeted businesses include public transport company CitiHoppa, whose buses are driving around Nairobi as overcrowded as ever. In one telling incident, a man from Odinga's Luo tribe boarded a bus and was ordered by the Kikuyu driver to pay more than the usual fare because "it's your people" causing the trouble. The man protested, and passengers of several tribes were drawn into a rowdy debate. They sided with the Luo passenger, who was allowed to ride for the normal fare. But the economy, heavily dependent on tourism, already has suffered - thousands of tourists have canceled vacations. As the economy reels and Kenyans increasingly call for peace, Kibaki and Odinga both are ringed by hard-liners. In a country of patronage politics, businessmen and civil servants depend on their man being in power.
Libraries connect with kids
They also do service projects. Molly Garratt and Nathan Kirkman, sophomores at Muscatine Community College, supervise this program.More usersMusser Public Library Director Pam Collins said today’s technology is getting people to do things remotely by computer."We love to have people come into the library, but we want to increase our usership and feel that doing as much as possible through technology will reach more people," Collins said. "Younger generations are very comfortable with that."Collins said online services make it possible for the library to be where the patrons are.Reporter contact informationConnie Street: 319-527-8164ckcasey@louisacomm.netDetailsWest Liberty LibraryWhere: 400 N. Spencer St., West LibertyPhone: 319-627-2084Web site: wllibrary@wlpl.orgHours: 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
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