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April 2003

Loras has a half-game lead in the standings as the Iowa Conference baseball race heads into the final week. The Duhawks are 10-4 but just two games in the loss column separate sixth from first. Loras coach Carl Tebon says this is the time of year where you want to be in position to win the whole thing. The top six advance to the conference tournament and Tebon says nearly every spot is up for grabs. He says they won’t know the pairings until Saturday afternoon, and then he says they may have to go to the tiebreakers. Tebon says a consistent effort is the key during the stretch run.Loras will earn the title if they get it. The Duhawks host six-time defending champion Wartburg on Thursday

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C-R Wash hires new basketball coach

by admin 04/30/03 12:25 PM

Cedar Rapids Washington High School has tabbed a former player to become the school’s new boys basketball coach. Rick Williams, who played on the Warrior’s championship team in 1969 and later for Iowa, will take over. Williams also has coached at Cedar Rapids Jefferson, and took four teams to the state tournament.

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Mayors, firefighters, police rally at Statehouse against cuts

by admin 04/30/03 12:06 PM

There was a show of force at the statehouse today as mayors, firefighters and police chiefs spoke out against a 70-million dollar cut in state aid to cities and counties. The cut was approved by the House and Senate last week, and the group is calling on Governor Tom Vilsack to use his item [...]

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Researchers look to use Ebola virus for good

by admin 04/30/03 12:05 PM

University of Iowa researchers are working to turn one of the world’s most deadly viral diseases into a vehicle to help cure people who suffer from the lung disease cystic fibrosis. In a study being published next month, U-of-I pediatrics fellow Dr. Patrick Sinn says the evil ebola virus is being dismantled and used [...]

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Conference lets people clown around

by admin 04/30/03 12:00 PM

A conference beginning tomorrow in Des Moines will involve a lot of clowning around, but the performers will be sharing very serious messages. The first-ever Mid-America Characterization Conference centers on the ways fire and police officers get across safety messages using clowning, puppetry, magic and performance. Spokeswoman Pam Moody herself plays “Sparky” for [...]

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Iowa a leader in testing done for newborns

by admin 04/30/03 11:57 AM

Each year state newborn-screening programs test four-million babies across the nation for disorders that could cause illness or even death. A report ordered by Congress from the General Acccounting Office finds that of dozens of tests available, only a handful are mandated by states for newborn babies. Tonya Diehn in the state public-health [...]

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Man dies from injuries suffered in anhydrous accident

by admin 04/30/03 11:56 AM

One of the men who received chemical burns in an anhydrous ammonia accident mid-month has died. 68-year-old Robert Ryan of De Witt died Monday at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a tank he and another worker were filling burst on April 15th at the River Valley Co-op near Calamus. A welded seam apparently failed. [...]

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