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Monday, September 27, 1999

Conference honors Loatians

by admin on September 27, 1999

in Human Interest

A Laotian culture conference was held in a Webster City church on Sunday,gathering about 400 people. The event featured Laotian music and dance.Reverend Travis Schmidt of St. Paul Lutheran Church helped organize theevent.It marked the city’s first service for the Laotian community in Webster Citywhich has seen much growth in recent years. Attendees included the city’spolice chief & mayor. Salvation Army Captain Howard Tanovan, of Seattle,was the culture conference’s featured speaker.Families came from as far away as the Twin Cities, Des Moines and Spencerfor the event.

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University of Iowa looking for elderly test subjects

by admin 09/27/99 2:00 PM

University of Iowa researchers are looking for a few hundred older Iowanswho can travel to Iowa City for training which could bring better mobility.U-of-I neurologist Dr. Matthew Rizzo says as we age, we get slower.Rizzo’s tests will measure attention.Rizzo says reduction of attention leads to a narrower field of vision, eventhough eye sight may be [...]

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Davenport police shoot kidnapping suspect

by admin 09/27/99 1:58 PM

Davenport police say a suspect in a kidnapping tried to commit suicide byforcing police to shoot him. Police shot 33-year old Robert Franks of Moline, Illinois, three times afterhe allegedly lunged at them with a knife. Police had cornered Franks afterhe kidnapped his girlfriend. Franks was taken to the hospital in seriouscondition.

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Man crashes into Cedar Rapids home

by admin 09/27/99 1:57 PM

It was a rude awakening for a Cedar Rapids couple when a car crashed throughtheir living room about two o’clock this morning. Police sergeant StephenKeiller says it’s amazing no one was killed when a 20-year-old driver lostcontrol of his car, bounced the curb and plowed into the home. He estimatesthe damage at six to eight [...]

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UNI stays perfect with win over SIU

by admin 09/27/99 1:56 PM

The Northern Iowa Panthers opened Gateway Conference play with a 34-14 winover Southern Illinois. U-N-I receiver Mike Furrey had another big day butsaid the key to the win was the Panther defense.Panther coach Mike Dunbar said it was a good start to the league race.

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Cyclone have two weeks to think about loss

by admin 09/27/99 1:54 PM

The Iowa State Cyclones have this week off before returning to Big-12 actionat Nebraska. The Cyclones saw a 21-point halftime lead evaporate against 15thranked Kansas State in a 35-28 loss, their first setback of the season.Running back Darren Davis says the Cyclones found out the hard way it takestwo great halves of football to beat [...]

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Arts Council seeks public input

by admin 09/27/99 1:53 PM

The Iowa Arts Council is hitting the streets looking for your opinions oncultural activities in Iowa. Jodi Chapman Henke (hen’-kee) is the Council’sPublic Information Officer and says they want to find out what Iowans wantto do about the arts.The Iowa Arts Council’s new Executive Director, Dr. Doug Larche (larsh),will be on hand for the local [...]

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