A man from the western Iowa town of Harlan is facing charges of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse. Police say 46-year-old Terry Garnette allegedly assaulted his live-in girlfriend’s four-year-old daughter. The girlfriend reported Garnette to police after she allegedly found child pornography — including explicit pictures of her daughter — on his computer. Garnette is being held at the Shelby County Jail. The F-B-I and U.S. Postal Service are examining the computer, along with videos and C-D’s taken from Garnette’s home, and more charges may be filed.
Webster City gets a Spidey 2 early show
June 30, 2004 By
Hardcore Spiderman fans may be looking a little dazed this morning. The second movie about the webbed warrior opened early today on screens all across the U.S., including the Webster Theatre in Webster City. Some 140 patrons packed in for the showing of “Spiderman 2″ that began at one-past-midnight. Cathy Oliver manages the north-central Iowa theater which was filled with a mostly-teenage audience early this morning. She says it had a party atmosphere and it was a wonderful movie.In this sequel, the comic book hero-turned film star takes on the sinister Doctor Octopus — or Doc Ock.
Boswell says colleague would be good CIA Director
June 30, 2004 By
The chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee is reportedly one of the top candidates to become the new director of the C-I-A. Iowa Congressman Leonard Boswell serves on that committee led by Florida republican Porter Goss. Boswell says Goss is an able, capable person who has been good to work with. Some of Boswell’s fellow Democrats feel that President Bush should not appoint a politician as C-I-A Director, but he’s not concerned about Goss.Boswell says Goss knows a lot about the intelligence community because of his exposure on the intelligence committee, and he says Goss wouldn’t have to go through a lot of start up preparation. So Boswell says, “I don’t put too much truck in that,” if he passes every other question of qualification.” The biggest hot spot outside the country remains Iraq, and Boswell says he’s pleased that the U.S. handed over control the country early. He says he still feels like we could have done a lot of things different, but says that’s not the point we’re talking about. He says we said we were going to turn the country over on July 1st and did it early, and he thinks that’s a good idea. Boswell says it remains to be seen if Iraq will remain a trouble spot. He says the question is will the Iraqi people straighten up and give the new government a chance, and we don’t know that yet.
Glenwood firefighters injured
June 30, 2004 By
Two brothers from Glenwood were burned during a training exercise near the western Iowa town. The two men are volunteer fire fighters, and were participating in a fire fighting exercise when the brush fire flashed back on them. Katy James Marvel is married to the older brother who was more seriously burned. Marvel’s husband, Jeremy, has burns on his arms and face. Doctors at his Lincoln, Nebraska hospital say there’ll be no permanent scarring, and while the recovery time isn’t immediate, Marvel says “with a few prayers” her husband will be back to normal in a few months. The other brother, Dustin, was treated at an Omaha hospital for his burns and then released. The Marvel brothers had been volunteer fire fighters for five years, and Marvel says her husband and brother-in-law knew the risk. Marvel says there’s risk in any job, and while there’s a higher risk of injury when you’re a fire fighter, she says her husband does what he does because he loves it and because he is making a difference in his community. Marvel says there’s been an outpouring of community support for her 28-year-old husband and his 21-year-old brother.Marvel says both men are very hard workers, very loyal, and have a great sense of humor. Marvel says there’s been “an enormous amount of support” from Glenwood and from other volunteer fire fighters in the area. The two brothers have been volunteer fire fighters in Glenwood for five years.
I-Cubs nearing attendance record
June 30, 2004 By
The Iowa Cubs may be headed for an attendance record. Through 38-games the I-Cubs have averaged just more than six-thousand-500 fans and assistant general manager Jim Nahas says the Sec Taylor Stadium record of 509, 324 may be in jeopardy. He says it wouldn’t surprise him if they get to 550,000 this year.Nahas says there are several factors at work. A scheduling conflict in Edmonton has moved four additional games to Des Moines. Good weather has meant just two rainouts. The I-Cubs lead the Central division race. Most of all though may be the popularity of the parent Chicago Cubs which has soared since last year’s playoff run. He says if they were the Iowa Expos, he doesn’t think they’d have the attendance they have. He says the Cubs have a nationwide following and probably the only other major league club that would draw interest in Iowa is the Cardinals. He says they would be a distant second.Right now the I-Cubs are fifth in attendance in the 16-team Pacific Coast League. He says they’re fortunate because they’re the smallest market in triple-A baseball. The Cubs return home on July fourth.
Junior Olympics organizers looking for volunteers
June 30, 2004 By
With less than a month before the start of the A-A-U Junior Olympics in Des Moines organizers are stepping up their search for volunteers to help run the event. Wade Den Hartog of the Greater Des Moines Sports Authority says they have been contacting businesses and organizations in an attempt to recruit some help. He says they need 2,500 volunteers, as he says they currently have less than 500 signed up. He says the need is tremendous with less than 28 days to the competition.Competition in 22 sports is expected to draw 50-thousand participants, parents and coaches and Den Hartog says the venues are spread across the metro Des Moines area. He says they’re using all the local high schools in the area, some 25 different venues. He says the greatest need is daytime volunteers.He says you can call the office at 515-243-1718 or you can go to the website at www.desmoinesports.org. The Junior Olympics run July 27th through August 7th.
AGWSR moves into baseball rankings
June 30, 2004 By
Off to a 16-2 start to the season the A-G-W-S-R (Ackley) baseball team moved into the class 2A rankings. Coach Steve Rosken felt that this team would be strong after the Cougars were eliminated in the district finals in 2003. He says they start six sophomores and only three seniors, so he thought they would be good, but didn’t know. Rosken says the Cougars have six quality starters on the mound, and are getting a lot of strike outs. Through 18 games the Cougars have outscored their opponents 161-41 but Rosken says there are some areas that need to improve if they want to make a long tournament run. He says their base-running and some situations, like sacraficing, need to get better. AGWSR returns to action tonight against Dike-New Hartford.
