Iowa State University kicks off its year-long celebration of technology attonight’s football game. The college of engineering is sponsoring tonight’shalftime show with the theme “Advancing Technology to Become the Best.”University spokesperson Pam Reinig says they have found the rightentertainment to fit their motto.Next month the College of Engineering will open Howe Hall which is the firstphase of the University’s 61-million dollar engineering, teaching andresearch complex.
NASCAR track in Quad Cities loses backing
September 2, 1999 By
The effort to build a 42-million dollar NASCAR stock car racing track inthe Davenport area has run out of gas. The stock car association didn’t want the proposed Quad City track tocompete with another one being built in the Chicago area.
PETA goes after Al Gore in Iowa
September 2, 1999 By
An animal rights group says it will set up an office in Des Moines toprotest the policies of Vice President Al Gore. People for the EthicalTreatment of Animals spokeswoman Tracy Rieman says the democratpresidential candidate backs a chemical testing program using animals.Reiman (rye-man) says Gore is the main force behind getting the programapproved. She says the tests don’t have to use animals.Reiman says PETA is looking for an office where it can set up a display tolet people know about Gore’s support of animal testing.Reiman says PETA has opened a similar office in New Hampshire.
Harvey’s to buy another Council Bluffs casino
September 2, 1999 By
Harvey’s Casino Resorts plans to buy and operate Bluffs Run Casino inCouncil Bluffs for 165-million dollars. It’d give Harvey’s two of the threecasinos in Iowa’s biggest gaming market.Jim Rafferty, Harvey’s senior vice president of marketing, says the deal hasbeen in the works for several months.Rafferty says Bluffs Run includes a greyhound track and casino that attractsabout four-million people a year.Bluffs Run is being sold by the nonprofit group Iowa West RacingAssociation. Its parent company, the Iowa West Foundation, is reportedlyslated to get about 115-million from the sale for civic & charity projects.
It’s showtime for ISU football
September 2, 1999 By
The Iowa State Cyclones open their season at home tonight against IndianaState. Cyclone coach Dan McCarney says Indiana State’s option game has themworried.McCarney says the linebackers will be the key against the option includingtwo freshmen, Matt Word and Chris Whitaker. Senior linebacker Jesse Beckom says the game will be won or lost on stoppingSycamore quarterback Sheraton Fox.Indiana State coach Tim McGuire knows his team will see two differentquarterbacks but is familiar with the way Cyclone offensive coordinatorPete Hoener (hay-ner) operates.McGuire says the Sycamores have prepared to defend some option.And McGuire says it has been a difficult preparation for his defense.
New livestock disease center opens at ISU
September 2, 1999 By
A livestock disease research center is being dedicated today at Iowa StateUniversity. Richard Ross, Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, saysI-S-U has been one of the world’s major players in this field for the pastcentury.Ross says the six-and-a-quarter million dollar facility will help I-S-Uregain its status as the nation’s leader in livestock disease research.He says one disease that deserves more study is called “purrs,” whichstands for porcine respiratory reproductive syndrome.Dean Ross says hogs won’t be the only focus of disease research as therewill be work done on cattle and poultry.The Livestock Infectious Disease Isolation Facility will be dedicated in aceremony at 4:30 this afternoon. Speakers include Iowa Ag Secretary PattyJudge, Iowa House Speaker Brent Siegrist and I-S-U President Martin Jischke.
Attorney General says Publishers Clearing House settlement a poor deal
September 2, 1999 By
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is advising Iowans to reject a proposedlegal settlement being offered by Publishers Clearing House. Thousands of Iowans have received postcards telling them they’re part of anIllinois settlement with Publishers Clearing House. That settlement issupposed to pay back people who mistakenly thought they had to buy amagazine or other items to be eligible to win millions in the Publisher’sClearing House Sweepstakes. A spokesman for Iowa’s Attorney General, BobBrammer, says the settlement ends up providing very little repayment.Brammer says if you stay in the settlement, you could lose your legal rightto win damages from the company. He advises you to contact the AttorneyGeneral’s office to find out how to get out of the proposed settlement. He says Iowa action against Publishers Clearing House is still in the works.Brammer says notices of the settlement were sent to people who had enteredthe company’s sweepstakes or had received promotional mail from the company.
