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UIHC settles for $1.5 million The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics settled with a former patient for $1.5 million in an agreement to a lawsuit involving allegations of medical negligence resulting from treatments over several decades, according to records obtained by The Daily Iowan. The records from the Iowa Department of Justice dated March 23 report Nancy Kammerer and husband Michael Kammerer filed a petition against the UIHC on Aug. 24, 2009. The petition alleged Nancy Kammerer suffered surgical errors from 1985 to 2008 and involving an organ-transplant operation. Nancy Kammerer alleged surgeons cut into her pancreas during a kidney transplant, according to the Associated Press. The couple’s lawsuit claimed UIHC surgeons Alan Reed and Swaminathan Sambandam made the operating mistakes, the AP reported. According to records from the Iowa Office of the Attorney General signed by Assistant Attorney General Greg Knoploh, 75 percent of the settlement will be paid by UIHC physicians and the remaining percentage will be paid by the state. — by Ariana Witt
Kehoe loses appeal The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the murder conviction of a Coralville woman who bound her children before cutting them with a knife over two years ago. Michelle Kehoe was found guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder, and child endangerment causing injury, after she drove a van with both her sons to a pond in a secluded area, duct taped their mouths, and cut their necks with a hunting knife before slitting her own throat. Kehoe appealed her conviction on all three charges on grounds her attorneys were ineffective because they failed to challenge the constitutionality of the legal standard for an insanity defense in Iowa. She also claimed her lawyers failed to object to proposed jury instructions. The Court of Appeals dismissed those claims and ultimately ruled to affirm the decision Wednesday. Kehoe is serving a life sentence without parole in the death of 2-year-old Seth Kehoe. She was also sentenced to 25 years in prison and 10 years in prison for the other two counts, regarding her other son, Sean. — by Hayley Bruce
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Genevieve Coulson works behind the bar at Airliner on Wednesday. The Airliner and Sam’s Pizza are two exempt downtown bar/restaurants with the highest PAULA violations, according to the May 2011 Iowa Ciy police bar check report.
City may change 21-exemption Officials with the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division previously ruled the PAULA ratio does not comply with state code. By CHASTITY DILLARD chastity-dillard@uiowa.edu
Some Iowa City leaders said Wednesday they want to expand use of the PAULA ratio, a tactic used to curb alcohol issues downtown but that has already been struck down by state officials. Iowa City’s Partnership for Alcohol Safety approved a four-prong proposal to change the process of obtaining and maintaining the food exemption Wednesday — which included resurrecting the PAULA ratio. The proposal,
approved at the meeting, will be discussed at an Iowa City City Council meeting Aug. 2. “I think that if we want to be in order for fall, we have some work to do,” said Leah Cohen, the owner of Bo-James, 118 E. Washington St., during heavy discussion at the meeting Wednesday. Restaurants that serve alcohol are allowed to apply for an exemption to the 21-ordinance if their food profits are 50 percent or greater of their business revenue, but some members of the board said they felt the measures in place were not enough.
Rec Center busier than expected The Rec Center sees about 1,400 to 2,500 people a day during the summer. By ZACHARY POUND zachary-pound@uiowa.edu
Officials at the University of Iowa Campus Recreation & Wellness Center had no expectations leading into their first summer. But even with a majority of
students home for a few months, officials said more students purchased summer passes then they had anticipated. “We didn’t know what to expect for this summer,” said Kerry DuBay, the associate director of membership services and marketing in Recre-
1,518 students bought summer memberships as of May 1 9,011 students enrolled in summer classes 5,246 active non-student members
ational Services. “The number of students getting memberships for the summer actually turned out to be higher than we had initially thought.” Since May 1, 1,518 students SEE REC CENTER, 3A
Cohen, along with other business owners, said she was concerned with how some downtown establishments have taken advantage of the ordinance. “I feel that certain people are working around the law,” said Cohen, a member of the Partnership. “And by tweaking the exemptions, I think that will help to eliminate the problems that we have seen.” City Councilor Connie Champion also said she had concerns. SEE PAULA, 3A
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There are around 17,000 Campus Recreation & Wellness Center members this summer, most of whom are students paying recreational dues as part of their summer tuition and fees. This summer is the new center’s first and officials in Recreational Services said they’re pleased with the number of people who have purchased membership. However, some students said they’re upset at the cost for the summer term. Source: UI Recreational Services
The UI billing office still needs to collect $125,000 of overpayment. By BRIAN ALBERT brian-albert@uiowa.edu
The University of Iowa incorrectly made 304 payroll overpayments totaling more than $572,000 during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2010, according to a new report from state officials. Combined with other overpayments, this brings the outstanding total over $883,000 for fiscal 2010, according to a state audit released SEE AUDIT, 3A
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Program director Bob Stewart works at KCCK on Monday. Stewart’s office features shelves filled with thousands of CDs.
The shape of jazz to come Area radio DJ awarded Program Director of the Year four times. By KATIE HEINE katie-heine@uiowa.edu
One swift clearing of his throat, and Bob Stewart transforms. After meticulously flicking a few switches and plopping a pair of headphones atop h i s s n o w - w h i t e h a i r, he grasps a microphone above his head and pulls it near his bearded mouth. A so f t j az z me l o d y bounces of the walls of the small booth — chockfull wi th a s e e mi n g l y endless s u p p l y o f j a zz CDs — as Stewart rattles off the song’s title, artist, and so me backg r ou n d informati o n abo u t t h e track with ease. The 52-year-old is the program and musical director for 88.3 KCCK FM, a radio station operated by Kirkwood Community College in C e d a r R a p i d s. I t i s I o w a ’s o n l y f u l l - t i m e jazz radio station. And Stewart, a Univ e r s i t y o f I o wa a l u m , wa s r e c e n t l y awa r d e d Small Market Program D i r e c t o r o f t h e Ye a r for his fourth time by Ja z z We e k , a n a t i o n a l radio airplay chart that provides a weekly report of the top 50 jazz songs played on
U. S . a n d C a n a d i a n radio stations “People respect the fact that this is what we do,” Stewart said. One of the reasons he said he thought he was awarded programmer of the year — and why KCCK was awarded Small Market Station o f t h e Ye a r f o r t w o years — is because the station plays a variety of jazz music. Instead of sticking to one particular jazz style, KCCK plays an array of music that includes all e l e m e n t s o f j a z z a nd appeals to audiences of all ages. “We do something diffe re n t t h a n t h e m a i nstream,” Stewart said. As program director, he is responsible for all of the on-air DJs. And as musical director, he chooses what music will be played on the 24hour station. Stacks of CDs are piled on top of his desk, and while the titles change, the pile’s size remains pretty permanent. He has the task of sorting through them all and picking a handful to make it into the weekly lineup. “He has such a good sense of what is up and coming,” said Lisa
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Baum, the KCCK d e v e l o p m e n t d i r e c t o r. “He innately knows what will be a winner.” Stewart said he’d always known he wanted to be in broadcast, and he’s loved jazz since he was in junior high. So when he had the opportunity to combine his two passions in 1999, taking the job at KCCK was a no-brainer. And Dennis Green helped Stewart achieve the best of both worlds. Green, the KCCK g e n e r a l m a n a g e r, h a s known Stewart since t hey m et dur i ng t hei r first year at the UI. The two men were a few of the key members who revived
‘He’s like the alpha male of on-air lineup,” said Green. “Everyone takes cues from how Bob does his shift.’ — Dennis Green
KRUI after it took s ever al year s of bei ng off-air in the early 1970s. So when the position was open at KCCK, Green got S t e wa r t o n t h e p h o n e im m edi at el y. “He has this unique combination of knowledge and warmth,” Green said. Green said he frequently hears feedback from KCCK listeners who say they feel like they know Stewart because of his likable p e r s o n a l i t y, w h i c h i s “the ultimate compliment.” And Stewart’s charisma has become the model for other on-air personalities t o s t r i v e f o r. “He’s like the alpha male of on-air lineup,” said Green. “Everyone takes cues from how Bob does his shift.”
METRO Man gets more than 15 years for crack bust An Iowa City man was sentenced to 188 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute crack. According to an Iowa Attorney General’s Office release, local law enforcement investigated drugtrafficking activities in the summer of 2010, revealing Shelby Lee Young Jr., 26, as a prominent crack distributor in the southeast part of town. Using a confidential informant, law enforcement made several undercover purchases of crack over many months from Young, the release said. Young reportedly distributed more than 60 grams of crack cocaine. He was arrested, and on March 7, 2011, he entered a guilty plea to conspiring to distribute at least 28 grams of crack cocaine between July and November 2010. — by Brian Albert
Man charged with sexual exploitation Iowa City police arrested a Minnesota man who allegedly had several thousand photographs of both nude and clothed juvenile females on his computer. Michael James Lindberg, 20, of Rosewill was charged with sexual exploitation of a minor. Police said he committed the crime in January 2010 at 2401 Highway 6 E. Apt. 3008. According to a complaint, Lindberg’s laptop and desk computer underwent an analysis, yielding thousands of images of girls ranged from 10 to 16. Two photos reportedly show minors engaged in a sexual act. — by Brian Albert
Man charged with habitual alcohol violation Iowa City police arrested a local man after he allegedly
sprayed them with beer early Wednesday morning. Francis Shane Granger, 47, 128.5 N. Clinton St. Apt. 6, was charged July 13 with a habitual alcohol violation. Reports said officers spotted Granger at the intersection of Dubuque and Jefferson Streets standing next to a traffic sign that was swaying as if he had been shaking it. When asked about the sign, officers said Granger responded, “I was so drunk, that I accidentally … That’s what happened.” Police noticed four beers in Granger’s pocket, and when asked to pour them out, officers said he threw the full cans on the ground and stomped on them, spraying them with alcohol. Police say Granger had a blood-alcohol level of .209. This is his sixth intoxication charge, with five previous convictions between April 1998 and December 2010. — b y B r ian A lb er t
Man charged with theft An Iowa City resident was
arrested July 10 and charged with stealing from a homeless man. Now, police say, he stole more than $10,000 of jewelry from a house in which a party was held. Austin Craig Guthmiller, 22, 3525 Shamrock Place, was charged with first-degree theft. According to Iowa City police, the alleged victim left his home for a few days, leaving his adult daughter to watch the house. When he returned, he said he noticed several pieces of jewelry were missing. The stolen items were reportedly located at Herteen and Stocker Jewelers, 101 S. Dubuque St., on Tuesday. Authorities say Guthmiller’s ID was scanned when he sold the items on July 4 and July 9. He was also recorded by store surveillance cameras as one of two people selling the jewelry, according to reports. The other man, 20-year-old Eric M. Cole, was arrested and charged with first-degree theft, aiding and abetting. The alleged victim said he knew Cole because he’d allowed him to live in his house recently. — by Brian Albert
BLOTTER C a r l B e n s o n , 48, 1515 1/2 Jackson Ave., was charged Monday with keeping a disorderly house. R y a n B u r k e , 25, Cedar Falls,
was charged Wednesday with public intoxication and disorderly conduct. J e s s i e H a l t e r , 21, 1242 Dover St., was charged April 25 with
possession of marijuana. D a r r i a n J e f f e r s o n , 24, 335 Douglas Court, was charged Tuesday with interference with official acts.
Arnold Highway charged with a license.
S i l v a , 39, 2401 6 E. Apt. 3001, was Tuesday with driving suspended/canceled
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“We have a loophole in the ordinance,” she said. “Not only are [certain restaurants] acting as bars after 10 p.m., but they aren’t policing themselves.” In hopes of a solution, the partnership will submit a proposal to the city that would require businesses to maintain a PAULA ratio of .50 or below to be considered for, or to renew, a food-based exemption. Those exemptions may be revoked for “good cause” if restaurants do not maintain a PAULA ratio below .50, judging by data kept by Iowa City and University of Iowa police. New businesses will still receive a six-month grace period to prove the bulk of their sales do not come from alcohol, but they will be required to maintain 50 percent of their sales from food and keep their PAULA ratio below the suggestion. If a business for sale does not already have an exemption, the new business would not start out with an automatic certificate, and it would be required to adhere to the 21-ordinance for six months before applying. The proposal also suggested a thorough inspection of business records would be required to ensure that 50 percent or more of the business’ sales are from food and not alcoholic beverages. The Airliner, 22 S. Clinton St., and Sam’s Pizza, 441 S. Gilbert St., are two exempt bar/restaurants with the highest PAULA
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Wednesday. Of that amount, nearly $760,000 has been collected by the UI billing office. Terry Johnson, UI associate vice president and controller, said payment errors are largely due to typical delays in paperwork. “As soon as payroll receives information about the change in status of an employee — be it a termination or a change in status or a raise of some sort — records are updated,” Johnson said. “The issue is that this employment information isn’t always passed along as quickly as it could be.” Dave Vaudt, the Iowa state auditor, echoed Johnson’s words in his report to the UI, saying overpayments generally occur when these forms are not submitted by the employing department to Human Resources on a timely basis. Overpayments, audit officials said, can be typical for universities. Johnson said although 2010’s overpayment total is higher than usual, the UI quickly jumped into “collection mode” to rectify the situation, recovering 86 percent of the missing dollars within two months. It’s often a simple matter of contacting the employee, explaining the issue, and waiting for the check to come back, he said. And because of the UI’s speedy recollection of the majority of cash, Sen. Bob Dvorsky, D-Coralville, and Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City said there’s probably no reason to suspect any foul play. “It sounds like they’re mending things pretty quickly,” Mascher said. “I don’t think there’s really anything to worry about.”
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Airliner PAULA ratio: .309
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The Summit PAULA ratio: .142
This graph shows the PAULA ratio for each downtown establishment with a restaurant exemption from May 2010 to May 2011, according to the Iowa City Police Department Bar Check Report. Bo-James and Micky’s also have exemtions, but neither of them had any bar checks in the past year.
University of Iowa overpayments Numbers for fiscal 2010: • Gross overpayment: $883,300 • Payroll overpayment: $572,300 • Number of overpayments: 304 • Average payroll overpayment: $1,882 • Amount recovered: $758,024 Source: David Vaudt, report of recommendations to the University of Iowa
violations, according to the May 2011 Iowa City police bar-check report. Jim Rinella, the owner of the Airliner, said things have changed in the last eight weeks for his busi-
Though $883,000 seems like a large error, Johnson said, the average overpayment was less than $2,000. “That’s not even a full paycheck for most folks,” he said. Andy Nielson, Iowa’s deputy auditor, said the recovery process has been quick, and the remainder will probably be collected within a few months. Through a separation of duties and increased communication, officials said they hope to decrease the chances of a similar overpayment in the future. State audit officials recommends the university keep better records of any payroll-related matters. “Documentation for informal quotations should include the names of the individuals requesting the quote, and the individuals providing the quote, what was requested, the date and time of the request and receipt of the quote,” according to the audit. The payroll department was previously tasked with both paying employees and collecting overpayments, Johnson said. He believes moving the collection
ness. “I have a procedure in place,” he said. “It’s a six step procedure. I have to have the right staff in place. It’s a moving target.” In June, Rinella told The Daily Iowan he had changed his entry age to 21-only until he could find doormen he felt he could trust to ID accurately.The owner of Sam’s Pizza was unavailable for comment. The Summit Restaurant & Bar, 10 S. Clinton St., which is exempt for the first six months under new ownership obtained May 3, received seven PAULAs in its first month in May. “We are going to work with the Police Department to get numbers down as low as possible,” said Summit owner Christopher “Topher” Wanek. “We”re trying to be proac-
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responsibility into the billing department will smooth things out. “Everything used to be handled by the payroll department, but its job is to first and foremost make sure people get paid,” Nielson said. “Now, overpayments are turned over to the billing office, which should be a more appropriate fit.” There are also plans to improve the speed and functionality of both the payroll and billing departments, which officials said should make it easier monitor the status of employees more closely.
tive. We have extra high security and an ID scanner.” Business owners also discussed ridding of the food-based exemption all together and possibly pushing back the time underage people are allowed to be in the bars from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m.. “It seems weird to me that a bar gets an exemption after 10 p.m. or 11 p.m., when food isn’t being bought,” said Marc Moen, a downtown developer and member of the Partnership for Alcohol Safety. Though business owners said they felt the best solution to the problem is to eliminate food-based exemptions all together, the partnership did not move forward on discussion of doing so Wednesday.
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have bought the $55 membership, which gives them full access to the center. Students enrolled in summer courses at the UI — this year 9,011 — have full access to the center. The fee is part of university fees. DuBay said the fee was always part of the summer plan. But to the displeasure of some students, it may not always be the same price. Next summer, and for summers to come, DuBay said, the price will likely rise as tuition increases. “This fee will rise over time,” DuBay said “The summer fee is the same as the mandatory student fee, so as student fees increase, so will the summer fee.” The state Board of Regents voted to increase tuition by 5 percent for instate students and 6 percent for out of state students last March. Students were mixed on whether they would continue to pay a summer fee, especially if it goes up. UI junior Daniel Gillen, 20, said he didn’t have a problem with paying the $55 fee this summer, and he wouldn’t be too upset about a rise in price in the future because he goes to the gym enough to make it worth paying the price. Matt McGinnis, 20, and Paul McCoy, 21, said they believe that the price they paid this summer was already too high. “We shouldn’t have to pay an extra fee for the summer if we’ve been paying the whole rest of the year,” McGinnis said. Both students said they probably would not buy a membership in the future if the price rises. Despite the unexpected number of students who purchased passes, officials
session. Kim Jamriska, the Recreation Center facilities coordinator, said daily attendance during the school
year
varies
between 5,000 and 6,000. In the summer, the number drops to between 1,400 and 2,500. But despite the lower attendance, shorter hours, and number of summer memberships, officials said they haven’t had to worry about their budget. “More than just memberships goes into the budget,” DuBay said. Student memberships aside, the Rec Center also has 5,246 facility, staff, affiliate, retiree, alumni, and community memberships, which have not increased since summer began. There has, however, been an increase in walk-ins who wish to use the pool, DuBay said.
Summer at the Campus Recreational and Wellness Center Figures of attendance: • Students enrolled in summer courses who can use the center: 9,011 • Students who purchased a summer pass: 1,518 • Active primary members: 5,246 Source: Kerry Dubay, associate director of membership services
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County seeks grant writer By KATIE HEINE katie-heine@uiowa.edu
Johnson County officials want to hire a part-time grant writer as a means of capitalizing on an array of funding opportunities. It would be the first such position for Johnson County. Supervisor Rod Sullivan said the county has discussed implementing a grant-specialist position for several years because they know there are plenty of funding possibilities available to the area that officials haven’t had the resources to capture. “I know there are a lot of grants out there, and sometimes our department heads don’t have the time to find them all,” Sullivan said. Individual departments are currently in charge of seeking out and applying for grant opportunities. And while many departments would likely continue to be involved, a grant specialist would ensure funding sources doesn’t go unmissed, Sullivan said. And though the position — a part-time, 20-hour per week maximum — would cost the county an additional $22.21 per hour,
Andy Johnson, executive assistant to the Board of Supervisors, said the position would likely end up paying for itself. “The idea is that we’ll be finding more sources of revenue because of this person,” said Johnson,whom the grant specialist would report to. The application was made public about three weeks ago, and Johnson said “a pool of applications” have come in, but officials want to dedicate time to the selection process. The application was also made available on Craig’s List. Because grant applications are often extensive and complex, the individual’s duties would be dedicated to searching for grants, preparing applications, and helping others with grants, Johnson said. “The person will be asked to research grant opportunities because there are a lot of sources of funding — state, federal, and private — that sometimes we are unaware of and don’t have someone to look into it,” Johnson said. While the employee would fall under the Board of Supervisors, the position would be beneficial to all departments, Johnson said. One of the hopes, he said, is
to find funding sources that would benefit the county, but don’t necessarily fall within any one department. County officials looked to Linn County when developing the job description; the neighboring county has a similar position. Joi Bergman was hired as the grants and communication manager for Linn County in 2005, though the position had been established around 10 years before that. Much of her time was spent seeking out funding opportunities and preparing the applications for the county. “It’s great to have someone on staff to react to those opportunities when they come up,” Bergman said.“But it’s even better to have someone looking for those opportunities and preparing for them before they come up.” Bergman said having a person who knows about grants on staff is “definitely a value.” “I have not talked to anyone in [Johnson County] about the position, but if they’ve determined this is a need for them, I could certainly see why that would be possible,” she said.
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Officials: Alcohol policies working By JULIANA FABIANO juliana-fabiano@uiowa.edu
Officials said the 21ordinance played a significant role in the Alcohol Harm Reduction Plan’s efforts to reduce University of Iowa student bingedrinking rates and highrisk alcohol initiatives at the Partnership for Alcohol Safety meeting Wednesday. The plan, released Dec. 6, which completed the first of its three-year initiatives to lower UI students drinking rates, reported a 33 percent reduction in emergency-room transports for students in the last 12 months. But officials were unable to specify which Iowa City locations generated the lowest ER visits. Kelly Bender, UI coordinator of Campus and Community Alcohol Harm Reduction Initiatives, said while the 21-ordinance and other initiatives may have to this contributed decrease, there was no clear evidence suggesting the decrease in emergency room transports came from downtown alone. “We are not really sure if emergency-room transports occurred downtown
or in the neighborhoods,” she said. “One thing we do know is this is another piece that fits with all the other data we have received and were encouraged, this is a real safety measure.” Tom Rocklin, UI vice president for Student Life who was heavily involved in the “21 Makes Sense” campaign in 2010, said this decrease can be credited to the ordinance. “I think the 21-ordinance contributed to the reduction in emergency room trips,” he said. “Other things did as well, but it’s hard to determine how much each initiative actually contributed.” Statistics taken from the UI Dean of Students Office showed 52 emergencyroom trips in the 2010-11 school year compared with the 77 trips in 2009-10 school year. Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek said the ordinance was significant to the new numbers. “Personally, I believe the ordinance has had a positive effect on this decrease,” he said. “I have spoke with emergencyroom contacts and lawenforcement agents who
are convinced the ordinance has shown signs of improvement because of the reduction of ER visits along with the decrease in binge drinking rates.” The next two years of the plan will include evaluating the initiatives of year one and meeting with members of the committee to continue planning. “We have a plan but it’s kind of a living document based on what’s happening,” Bender said. Rocklin said the Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee is one month away from releasing next year’s plan, though he didn’t have specific details. Statistically, nonalcoholbased activities increased such as the number of students participating in latenight programming— 37,000 for the 2010-11 school year— and the Pick One program which 50 percent of first-year students participated in. “These numbers are showing that years of hard work may be paying off,” Hayek said. “The efforts addressed to the situation show progress and that this is an uphill climb but an achievable one.”
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Officials ponder bridge The Park Bridge’s planning phase is expected to last until spring 2012. By LUKE VOELZ luke-voelz@uiowa.edu
The Park Road bridge is getting a flood-resistant makeover, but some Iowa City residents would rather reflect on the Taft Speedway levee. City officials and HNTB Corp. engineers presented two new options Wednesday for raising Dubuque Street and the Park Street bridge to levels that would reduce debris-buildup and water overflow levels in a severe flood. The first would raise both by 1 foot above 2008 flood level, while the alternative raises both by 1 foot above 500-year flood level — the latter marking a water-discharge difference of approximately 4,000 cubic feet per second. HNTB engineer and Gateway Principle-inCharge Steve Wells said the city is looking to spend $30 million to $40 million at most, though it is too early to tell how much more the 500-year option
will cost. “We’ve refined [plans] a bit since past meetings,” he said. “We’re not at the point where we’re making recommendations, but we can look at it in more detail.” Water and debris were backlogged by the bridge’s support beams during the 2008 flood. Raising the bridge and widening its beams would alleviate the backup and lower flood levels on both Dubuque Street and the bridge itself, said Gateway Special project administrator Melissa Clow. After the Gateway Project sets bridge levels this winter, HNTB officials will determine the renovated bridge’s new structure from three options: cable-stayed, in which cable-spanned towers uphold the bridge, girder, the bridge’s current design, and open-spandrel arch, in which long metal arches support the bridge. However, Wells and Clow both said the firm needed more public input before settling on a bridge style by
the Gateway project’s design phase, set to begin next summer and last through late 2013. Iowa City resident John Douglas Jones said he preferred a cable-stayed bridge, though it would be the most costly. “A cable-stayed bridge would best benefit from a flood point,” he said. “There’s a big clearspan, and no log [debris] hangup. But the most beneficial usually costs the most bucks. It’s always fun to see if you can get something cheap with big benefits.” However, he said he wished city officials and engineers in charge of the Taft Speedway would have attended the meeting. “The biggest questions were not addressed about Taft Speedway,” he said. “The [levee] is protecting buildings that should never have been built. [Parkview Building Church] higher would have made more sense.” B ut ot her r es i dent s were less interested with
bridge plans, expressing growing concern about the city’s Taft Speedway levee plans. Taft Speedway resident Joel Wilcox said city officials should ignore the speedway and focus on raising Foster Road — the next major street north of Park Road — instead. “It’ll cost $12 million for the Taft Speedway levee, and we only have 8 million from [Community Devel opm ent B l ock Grant] funds,” he said. “How will we get enough money to raise a halfmile of levee on top of Foster Road? It comes back to the people of Iowa City.” Though Wilcox said the city needs flood protect i on by r ai s i ng Fos t er R oad, not i ng t hat t he levee would likely cost too m uch m oney for a rare natural disaster. “From my point of view, floods are a rare event that don’t last long in the grand scheme of things,” he said.
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ELECTION WATCH GOP hopefuls mostly mum on default WASHINGTON — presidentialRepublican nomination candidates are all but silent on Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell’s proposal to sidestep a potentially disastrous government default on loan obligations. Not one candidate has e ndorse d it, a nd Re p. Miche le Ba chma nn of Minnesota a nd Newt Gingrich have come out aga inst it. The forme r House speake r twe ete d: “McConne ll’s pla n is a n irresponsible surrender to gove rnme nt, big big deficits, a nd continue d overspending.” The hesitation to weigh in underscores the challenging politics at play for GOP White House hopefuls in the fast-moving debate over increasing the United States’ borrowing ability. Most aren’t in Congress, don’t have a vote, and, thus, seemingly feel little obliga tion to wa de into
the specifics of the complex debate. When they do spea k, they a re be ing careful about what they say on the issue, perhaps mindful tha t whoeve r emerges as the eventual 2012 nominee — and party sta nda rd-bea re r — will like ly have to conte nd with the result of tense negotiations between the White House and Congress. The Trea sur y Department says lawmakers have until Aug. 2 to extend the nation’s debt limit to prevent a catastrophic gove rnme nt default on its bills. McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, put the candidates on the spot Tuesday when he offered a proposal that guarant e e s P re s i d e n t O b a m a ’s requests for new government borrowing authority unless Congress musters v e t o - p ro o f t w o - t h i rd s m a j o r i t i es to d e ny h i m . Conservatives assailed the plan that quickly became the latest litmus test for the par ty’s base. — Associated Press
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HOW CAN THE U.S. INCREASE CITIZEN INPUT ON MAKING WAR?
ADAM B SULLIVAN Editor • EMILY BUSSE Managing Editor • SHAY O’REILLY Opinions Editor • HAYLEY BRUCE Metro Editor TAYLOR CASEY, MATT HEINZE, EMILY INMAN, KIRSTEN JACOBSEN, WILL MATTESSICH Editorial writers EDITORIALS reflect the majority opinion of the DI Editorial Board and not the opinion of the Publisher, Student Publications Inc., or the University of Iowa. GUEST OPINIONS, COMMENTARIES, and COLUMNS reflect the opinions of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Editorial Board.
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Should City Council expand PAULA-ratio restrictions?
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Putting war to the test SHAWN GUDE shawn.gude@gmail.com
Yes If there is a legal drinking age — whether that age is 14, 18, or 21 — there must be a way to enforce the drinking age. As the 21-ordinance closes some bars and inspires others to more thoroughly inspect their clientele, PAULA citations at food-based restaurants with 21ordinance exemptions are increasing. To effectively enforce the drinking age, restaurant liquor licenses, just like those at music venues, should be dependent on meeting a set PAULA-per-police-visit ratio. Don’t get me wrong: I’d like to see the drinking age lowered at least to 18, but even then there should be repercussions both for underage drinkers (although preferably not outlandish criminal penalties) and for businesses that serve alcohol to minors. For a drinking age to be remotely enforceable, it can't just be the police watching; businesses that sell alcohol should check customer IDs consistently, too. There's a financial incentive to flout drinking laws: more potential customers means more sales means higher profits. Without an external disincentive, restaurants are unlikely to card — leaving large holes in the drinking age regulations, as there's no way for police to be present at all times. The PAULA-to-police-visit ratio provides an adequate deterrent from knowingly ignoring drinking laws. Just like music venues, restaurants who serve alcohol to too many minors would face problems renewing their liquor license. It seems only fair. There are definitely some problems with PAULAratio requirements. Police checks should be standardized, removing any unfortunate variables; the ratio should be set reasonably low, allowing for human error at various restaurants. (Perhaps there could be a possible exemption in the state law, too, for family affairs — a sip of Mom’s sangria shouldn’t come with a fine of several hundreds of dollars, and it’s a little silly to expect restaurants to scrutinize family tables.) But problems with a policy shouldn’t mean scrapping it entirely. There’s room for revision, overhaul, and standardization; fine-tuning the application of any kind of legislation usually takes some time. The Iowa City City Council should expand the PAULA-ratio restrictions to restaurants, too. —Shay O’Reilly
No The PAULA-to-police-visit ratio is an arbitrary method of enforcing alcohol restrictions and the practice only serves to hurt local area businesses. The PAULA-ratio has never been shown to have been an effective tool for curbing underage downtown drinking during the time it was heavily relied upon. At best, it was effective at shutting down businesses with scant evidence as to whether or not the business was actively attempting to prevent minors from getting their hands on alcohol. Thus, good-faith effort or not, the policy had adverse effects on downtown business owners and their employees. The main reason the PAULA-ratio does not work, and never will, is because it’s based on a loosely defined set of variables. Police visit a given establishment while keeping their eyes out for underage consumption. If they succeed in finding someone underage who is drunk or in possession of alcohol, they cite them with a PAULA. If the business averages more than one PAULA citation per visit, it risks losing its liquor license. Unfortunately, there are problems with this method. For starters, whether one officer or five visit, the tally remains as only one visit. Obviously, this presents a problem for standard enforcement procedures. But even if a drunk minor is in a given bar or restaurant, there are no assurances they were being served alcohol within the establishment. The state agrees that the policy is not well enough defined. Last July, Iowa Alcoholic Beverage Division Administrator Stephen Larson ruled that Iowa City’s strict policy of renewing liquor licenses based on the ratio was at odds with Iowa code. Furthermore, Larson acknowledged the PAULA-ratio did not provide a clear measure as to whether or not someone had consumed alcohol inside the visited business. If Iowa City wishes to remain a decision-maker in local businesses being allowed a liquor license, officials should go back to the policy of reviewing each application or renewal on a case-by-case basis by the police department. Leave it to those most qualified to make a well-balanced judgment: the police. —Matt Heinze Your turn. Should Iowa City expand the PAULA-ratio requirement to restaurants with 21-0rdinance exemptions? Weigh in at dailyiowan.com.
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Congress should support Obama’s debt deal I support President Obama’s plan to find a balanced approach to reduce our national deficit by reducing spending and increasing revenues at the same time. There should be shared sacrifice by both the Republicans and Democrats in order to solve our fiscal problems.
I completely disagree with the Republican congressional leaders that we do not need increased revenues as part of a balanced program to eliminate the deficit and create jobs. Obama has agreed to spending cuts, including in health and defense spending, to make the government more cost-effective. He has proposed getting rid of the most egregious tax loopholes (starting in 2013) that only
benefit the most wealthy individuals and corporations, including subsidies for the oil and gas industry. In return, there could be significant reductions in the cost of Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid that would preserve the integrity of those programs so that they will continue to benefit the poor and most vulnerable of our society. I feel that our Congress should support Obama’s debt
reduction measure of $4 trillion, which will reduce our deficit in a fair and balanced way that does not impede our current recovery. Getting our government spending and deficit under control will go a long ways toward boosting business certainty and confidence to encourage investment in our country. John Macatee, Iowa City
More than two years into President Obama’s first term, the foreignpolicy status quo remains unacceptable. There’s public discontent over wars that continue nevertheless. Military bases still dot the globe. And the imperial presidency shows no signs of abating. While Republicans have become increasingly skeptical about military involvement abroad, both parties are culpable in the continuation of this paradigm. Could instituting war referendums (at least partially) rectify the situation? It’s a radical proposal, but considering the unsavory state of American foreign policy — and the need for increased citizen voice on war and peace issues — I think it merits an honest appraisal. A war referendum proposal could take two main forms: Under a constitutional amendment, Congress couldn’t declare war until voters approved. (With exceptions for an attack or invasion of the U.S.) An alternate approach would be to pass a law instating pre-declaration, nonbinding war referendums, in which voters would be asked to weigh in on potential military action before a Congressional vote. This wouldn’t necessarily tie legislative hands, but it would guarantee elected officials took the pulse of the public before declaring war. The war referendum idea is an old one, reaching its American zenith in the 1930s. According to the 1977 book Ballots Before Bullets there were a whopping 33 war-referendum resolutions proposed in Congress between 1935 and 1941. The most prominent champion of the idea was Indiana Rep. Louis Ludlow, a Democrat who argued citizens should be accorded a greater role in shaping foreign policy; he also hoped the referendum would combat excessive interventionism and diminish executive power. And his proposal was a popular one. A 1937 poll showed 73 percent of respondents favoring the Ludlow war-referendum resolution. Even with FDR’s resolute opposition, Ludlow’s measure still
retained 58 percent support in a 1939 Gallup poll. The war-referendum approach has received scant attention since, but there are still a few upsides to the idea. It would enhance the citizenry’s role in foreign policy. Deciding to wage war is arguably the most important decision a country can make, democratic or otherwise. So it’s rather stunning that such a weighty call is characterized by such little citizen involvement. Indeed, once elected officials are in office, the only recourse for apoplectic citizens is reactive — protesting, writing to a senator, etc. And, increasingly, the president is the only elected official that matters. It could rein in the executive. As commander in chief, the president plays an integral role in assessing troop levels and conferring with foreign leaders. But the president’s role has mushroomed beyond the appropriate constitutional constraints. Presidents don’t have the power to declare war, and they shouldn’t be allowed to circumvent Congress at will. Obama’s flouting of the War Powers Resolution — passed in the early 1970s and designed to cow an increasingly imperious executive — has again proven its impotence. War referendums could tip the balance of power back toward citizens and Congress. It might precipitate fewer interventions. This is perhaps the most dubious of the three potential upshots. The American public typically likes intervening around the world initially (and even has some latent jingoistic tendencies). After slogging through for a few years, though, citizens often change their minds. I’m optimistic that citizens would do a little more ruminating — and hopefully become more peaceable — if they were able to cast a vote on intervention before the fact. I’d be lying if I said I unreservedly back the war-referendum idea. For all its appeal, direct democracy has often performed abysmally (take a look at California, for example). But war referendums wouldn’t be Prop 8-style majority tyranny or anti-tax lunacy like Prop 13. They would empower citizens and have paradigm-shifting potential. That’s why they at least deserve a look.
Guest opinion
Support for copyright belies Democrat claim Democrats claim to be the party of ordinary working people (as opposed to Republicans), but it’s more accurate to say the two parties represent two partially opposed factions within the corporate ruling class. As Ralph Nader once put it, we have one corporate party with two heads. Republicans, generally speaking, take a more inyour-face approach toward serving the immediate interests of the plutocracy and maximizing short-term profit. Democrats place greater emphasis on promoting the levels of aggregate demand and middle-class prosperity necessary for long-term economic and political stability.
The one exception is socalled “intellectual property,” where — with the exception of a few authoritarian outliers like Orrin Hatch — Democrats are far more shameless in carrying water for corporations whose business models are most reliant on patents and copyrights. The reason for this is, in part, the prominent place in the Democratic coalition occupied by the information and culture industries — the Recording Industry Association of America, Motion Picture Association Of America, and Microsoft. Further, the Democratic coalition is made up disproportionately of green indus-
trial sectors. This business model, whose prophet is Paul Romer, depends on patents to capitalize the new “green” or “progressive” technologies — think Warren Buffet’s wind farms — as a source of rents. Innovation and capital investment in green and high-tech industry, as they see it, are the new longterm engines of growth. So we see Democrats who are normally regarded as among the most “progressive” in Congress — Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Patrick Leahy — pushing the most draconian and authoritarian forms of copyright legislation. Klobuchar is chief sponsor
of a bill that would make unauthorized streaming of proprietary content a felony. The bill provides for a fiveyear sentence for 10 “public performances” of copyrighted works, by electronic means, in a 180-day period. Because under existing copyright law each viewing online counts as a “performance,” posting a video on YouTube that’s watched by 10 people could put you in prison. Ditto for embedding the YouTube video on your blog. This is not a minor issue. The “intellectual property” monopoly is the central structural support of the global corporate economy. It is as important to the corporate economy today
as the tariff was to the old American industrial economy of 100 years ago. The dominant sectors in the global economy are those industries most heavily reliant on patents and copyrights: entertainment, software, pharmaceuticals, agribusiness, biotech, and electronics. Patents and trademarks are the legal mechanism behind the socalled “Nike model,” by which corporations can outsource all actual production to the Third World, yet retain control of an archipelago of job shops in China and Vietnam through “intellectual property,” finance, and marketing. A huge share of the
overseas profits of American-based transnational corporations consists of royalties on copyright. So when it comes to the one single thing global corporate power is most dependent on, Democrats are even more single-minded servants of big business than Republicans. Don’t fool yourself about Democrats being the party of the little guy. If their policies happen to help the little guy, it’s either a means to the end of guaranteeing the profits of the big guy, or a side effect of doing so. Kevin Carson is a mutualist anarchist and a research associate for the Center for a Stateless Society.
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A shooter with a high hoops IQ Incoming freshman guard Josh Oglesby will fulfill a lifelong dream when he puts on a Hawkeye jersey this fall. By KYLE HUGHES kyle-hughes@uiowa.edu
Josh Oglesby has long wanted to play for the Hawkeyes. This season, the incoming freshman guard will finally get his chance. The 6-5 Cedar Rapids native said he idolized the Hawkeye basketball players he saw at the Iowa games his dad took him to as a kid. “That was back in the day when I thought Iowa City was still the longest drive possible,” Oglesby said. “I’ve always dreamed of playing in CarverHawkeye Arena.” Oglesby was the first member of a recruiting class that has generated plenty of buzz and excitement for the upcoming basketball season, and fellow recruit Anthony Hubbard spoke highly of his new teammate. “A lot of people look at Josh and say he’s just a shooter,” Hubbard said. “I see a lot more potential in Josh than just shooting He the basketball. rebounds well for a guard,
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to the way we were playing before.” One of the challenges that faced Krei’s team on Wednesday was the
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from the field, including the game’s first bucket when she buried a jumper over the much shorter Jessica McDowell. “She’s an outstanding basketball player — I thought she played great,” Virginia Johnson said about her future teammate. Pelling’s Brooke Brown also put up impressive numbers. The Northern Iowa forward scored 15 of her team-high 22 points in the first half, helping lead the team to a 40-32 advantage at the break. Hy-Vee coach Mike Sto-
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ond college season in the fall. “It gave me a lot more confidence going into this [Iowa] season,” said Melin, who scored three goals for the Hawkeyes as a freshman in 2010. “After playing with a lot of these girls, I know our team can do anything this year and hopefully make a big statement and effect on the Big Ten.”
he’s efficient, [and] he’s smarter than the average person his age.” That praise was echoed by Randy Larson, Oglesby’s Prime Time League coach. Larson said he believes Oglesby is even better than advertised. “He’s a smart player,” Larson said. “I think he’s much further along defensively than I would have guessed … I’ve been putting him on the other team’s best player frequently.” Oglesby said his time playing AAU is a big reason his skills and basketball IQ are so advanced for his age, but he admitted he’s still adjusting to college-level competition. “They know the game so much better,” Oglesby said. “They make the extra pass, they move without the ball better, [and] they set screens when they need to.” Through his first two games in the Prime Time League, it looked like Oglesby was going to take a while to adapt. He scored only 17 points in those two games and shot only 20 percent from 3point range. Since then, though, Oglesby has averaged 14.6 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game. “I started to get in the flow of things, and I started to get better,” he said. “The last couple games, I haven’t been hitting my shots, but I’m just trying to get my teammates
involved and work on other things.” With a combination of good passing, shooting, and defense, Larson said he thinks Oglesby could be a three-year starter for the Hawkeyes after Matt Gatens graduates. “He wants to make the unselfish play, but he’s a gifted shooter,” Larson said. “I think he’s going to have a fine career.” Hubbard said all the incoming recruits are learning from each other and motivating each other to get better. “He can shoot the ball better than I can, so it makes me want to get in the gym,” Hubbard said. “I probably do some things better than he does that he wants to do. Its kind of a push-pull thing. He helps me, I help him.” Oglesby said he believes now is a great time to be a Hawkeye, especially considering the job coach Fran McCaffery did in his first year with the program last season. Now, when Oglesby takes the drive from Cedar Rapids to Iowa City that used to seem like it took forever, he can imagine achieving his goal of raising a championship banner in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “I want to win a Big Ten championship, and I want to make the NCAA Tournament,” Oglesby said. “Everyone is working hard to pursue big dreams, and I think we’re going to be able to do it.”
absence of coach JoAnn Hamlin, who was working at the time of the game. Monica’s looked like a team that had played together for years instead of just four weeks. “I think every kid on our team knows exactly what she’s supposed to do [and] when she’s supposed to do it,” Kalin said. “That defi-
nitely brings our team together.” Former Iowa Wesleyan guard Melanie McCreight and Bradley forward MacKenzie Westcott also turned in solid performances in the win, with 18 and 16 points, respectively. The duo was deadly from downtown, shooting
a combined 66.6 percent from 3-point range. The win for Monica’s makes the team the No. 1 seed in the Game Time playoffs, which will start July 20. Cullen will be the No. 2 seed. Both teams will have a first-round bye but will face off in a nonelimination rematch that is only supposed to be for fun.
ermer was visibly upset and was kicking the air and yelling for his players to be more assertive as they (2-2) failed to score in the final two minutes of the half. That theme continued throughout the contest, and Virginia Johnson said she was frustrated by the lack of support. “I thought we could have definitely played better,” the Iowa City native said. “We didn’t execute with precision, but we’re still a good team.”
struggles Hy-Vee’s extended beyond the court. The team lost a coin-flip with fellow 2-2 squad Vinton/McCurry’s, and it will be the No. 4 seed in the Game Time playoffs. The seeding means Pelling and Hy-Vee will meet for the second week in a row on July 20, and Virginia Johnson said she wasn’t going to let the regular-season loss carry into the playoff opener. “We’re going to bring
this into the next game for motivation,” she said. “Hopefully, we come back stronger.” Morgan Johnson said her team isn’t going to roll over, though. Instead, Pelling will be riding high after saving itself from the embarrassment of a winless season. “We are a whole new team now,” the Platte City, Mo., native said. “We finally figured out how to play together, and we’re just doing great.”
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Josh Oglesby soars through the air during the second half of a Prime Time League game on Tuesday in North Liberty.
“Better defense is really what we need,” Krei said. “We have to get down on their shooters and make sure we get back on fast breaks.” Alexander said her team wasn’t going to treat next week’s game as a bye. She said she plans making a statement and going
Final Game Time Standings The Game Time regular season is over, and the playoffs begin on July 20. The top two teams receive a first-round bye. 1. Monica’s/Bob’s Your Uncle (4-0) 2. Cullen/Falbo (3-1) 3. Vinton/McCurry’s (2-2) 4. Coralville Hy-Vee (2-2) 5. Pelling/Culver’s (1-3) 6. Two Rivers/Coach’s Corner (0-4)
undefeated on the way to a league championship. “From our first game, [a championship] was our goal,” she said. “We’re playing really well right now, and I think every team kind of knows [that] we’re the team to beat.”
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Hawkeye gets Alexander sparks blowout glimpse at World Cup GAME TIME LEAGUE
Sophomore midfielder Alex Melin spent several days touring Germany with a national U19 team By SETH ROBERTS seth-roberts@uiowa.edu
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Jacqui Kalin dribbles during a Game Time League game on Wednesday in North Liberty. Kalin finished the game with 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Kachine Alexander and Jacqui Kalin led their team to a 30-point victory, clinching the No. 1 seed for the Game Time League playoffs. By KYLE HUGHES kyle-hughes@uiowa.edu
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The North Liberty Community Center hosted a showdown between two undefeated Game Time League teams in the regular-season finale on Wednesday. By the final buzzer, it was clear which team was superior. Hawkeye grad Kachine Alexander had a double-double with a game-high 23 points and rebounds to lead 11 Monica’s/Bob’s Your Uncle to a 103-73 blowout win. Cullen/Falbo (3-1), led by Kelly Krei, was outplayed all game by Alexander’s squad and was in a deep hole midway through the first half. After a first half time-out, Monica’s (4-0) went on a 9-0 run to take a 36-20 lead. The game was never in question after that. “Tonight, we just got going
Kachine Alexander Monica’s/Bob’s Your Uncle • 23 points • 11 rebounds • 9-of-15 shooting right away,” Northern Iowa guard Jacqui Kalin said. “We’re deep. No matter what group of five we have in, everybody handles the ball, everybody shoots, and everybody rebounds.” Kalin did all those things well on Wednesday, and she finished with 22 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists. The leadership of Alexander and Kalin is a big reason the team finished the regular season with a perfect record and demolished its opponents by an average of 28 points. “[Kalin and I] are leaders of our teams in college, and I think
we kind of play similar,” Alexander said. “This is serious — it’s not just summer ball. You can’t get better without playing the way you would play normally.” Monica’s size, speed, and athleticism stuck out all game long. The team grabbed nearly every rebound and turned them into fast-break scores. The team also played great defense by not allowing Cullen into the lane and forcing tough shots. That stout defense held Krei to 8 points on 3-for-10 shooting. The team as a whole shot just 26-for-68 from the floor — 38 percent — including 6-for-28 on 3-point shots. “It just wasn’t our night, and they played great,” Krei said. “We did well up until today, [and] hopefully, we can go back
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Johnson finally gets a victory The surging Morgan Johnson takes down the dynamic duo of Samantha Logic and Virginia Johnson, for team’s first win of the regular season.
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Reiff named to Lombardi list
By ERIK PAPKE erik-papke@uiowa.edu
It took all season, but Morgan Johnson finally got a win in the Game Time League. Johnson scored 20 points and pulled down 9 rebounds to will her previously winless team to a 79-67 victory on Wednesday night in the league’s final regular-season game. The Iowa senior, last week’s Daily Iowan Player of the Week, took on a pair of talented incoming freshman in North Liberty. Virginia Johnson put up her third double-double of the season by scoring a game-high 25 points and grabbing 10 rebounds for Pelling/Culver’s, and teammate Samantha Logic chipped in 16 points.
It’s not unusual for college students to go overseas over summer vacation. Iowa soccer player Alex Melin took that to another level. The Hawkeye sophomore Alex Melin midfielder recently returned from spending nine days in Germany with the U.S. Youth Soccer Association Select Girls U19 team. The squad consisted of 20 young players from around the country and played three exhibition games, went sightseeing, and took in three matches at the women’s World Cup. “That was my favorite part — the whole atmosphere of the World Cup was great,” Melin said. “We got to watch the [U.S.] national team train … that was very cool.” The trip was the culmination of a long tryout process for Melin, a 19year-old from Verona, Wis., who had never traveled outside the country. She said she took the first step a year ago, when she tried out for the Wisconsin branch of the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program. Once she made that team, she tried out for the regional roster. The program invited 45 players to a final camp in Florida in December 2010, after which 17 players were selected to go abroad. “The selection process is such that she controlled what she could control when she went down to Florida,” Iowa head coach Ron Rainey said. “That’s something she did well, and I think the coaches recognized [that]. She just
plays, and that’s the best thing you can do at these national camps. “You play to your strengths, and play hard.” The group, which included just one other player from the Big Ten, departed for Germany on June 29. Melin and the rest of the players spent around a week and a half traveling around the country and played in three exhibition matches against German professional teams. The U.S. team outscored its opposition, 16-2, and coach Phil Nielsen said Melin played a vital role in that success. “She was probably our most outstanding player over the three games,” he said. “Her playmaking ability got better and better. She’s a very quick learner; she was great in the first game, even better in the second, and she was just outstanding in the last game. “[With] her specific skill set and mentality, I think she’s somebody who could go very, very far in the game. I was very impressed with her.” The trip wasn’t all about soccer, though. The group took the time to see a handful of castles and pay their respects at the site of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. “We want to make sure that we don’t just create great soccer players but also great people,” Nielsen said. “Experiences like that help culture us. Sometimes, in the U.S., we’re a little bit sheltered from those kind of experiences, [and they’re] valuable in creating wellrounded people.” Melin returned to the United States on July 9, and she will spend the rest of the summer playing for the Madison (Wis.) 56ers of the Women’s Premier Soccer League. She said the entire experience — from the grueling tryout to the emotional trip to the concentration camp to the blowout wins over pro teams — will give her an important advantage as she prepares for her sec-
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Morgan Johnson shoots a free throw in a Game Time game on July 6 in North Liberty. And while the pair continued to be impressive, it wasn’t enough to overcome the overall team effort from Morgan Johnson’s Pelling/Culver’s squad (1-3). “We played great tonight,” Morgan Johnson said. “We got on the floor, we executed our press … the girls played phenomenal tonight.” The 6-5 senior said she was confident her team has turned a corner
as the playoffs loom, saying her teammates are “definitely” a force to be reckoned with in elimination play. That remains to be seen, but Pelling did look like a brand-new team on Wednesday. Morgan Johnson shot 9-of-11 SEE JOHNSON, 7A
Iowa offensive lineman Riley Reiff has been named to the R o t a r y Lombardi Award watch list, according to a release. The award is Reiff given to the college top offensive or defensive lineman in the country every year. Linebackers who line up within five yards of the ball are also eligible to win. The Lombardi Award has never been won by a member of the Hawkeyes, although former defensive end Adrian Clayborn was a finalist when Auburn tack-
le Nick Fairley won in 2010. The trophy, which resembles a block of granite, has found a home elsewhere in the Big Ten in 14 of its 42 years of existence. The honor is just the latest for Reiff, was also named to the watch list for the Outland Trophy — given to the nation’s best interior lineman — and four different preseason All-American lists. He was most recently named the No. 49 player on the Rivals.com Top 100 Players Countdown. Reiff, a native of Parkston, S.D., was a first-team All-Big Ten preseason pick by Lindy’s and Athlon Sports. The 6-6, 300pound lineman started all 13 games for the Hawkeyes last year and was named to the second-team All-Big Ten team. The Lombardi Award ceremony will be held Dec. 6-7 in Houston. — by Seth Roberts
Reading goes public Iowa City Book Festival officials shoot for 5,000 attendees. By BRITTANY TREVICK brittany-trevick@uiowa.edu
Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George, and Pippi Longstocking aren’t typical visitors to Gibson Square. But this weekend is different. The children’s book characters will be a part of the Book Character Parade, a program that will kick off Saturday’s events for the third-annual Iowa City Book Festival. And this is just one of the many programs festival officials have added — doubling their programming from last year — in order to surpass their goal of 5,000 attendees. “I think their mission is to make Iowa City a destination for people who are interested in being involved with literature on many levels,” said Jan Weismiller, a member of the planning committee and a co-owner of Prairie Lights
Books, 15 S. Dubuque St. The festival involves readings from authors around town in places such as Shambaugh Auditorium and other parts of the University of Iowa’s Main Library. But there will also be new events such as a parade and a competition dedicated to The Hunger Games series. “There are so many great programs on the schedule,” said Kristi Bontrager, the public-relations coordinator for the UI Library and a co-director of the festival. “I’m having a hard time deciding what I’m most excited about.” The first Iowa City Book Festival, created with three main goals, took place in 2009. First, Bontrager said, UI librarians wanted to thank the community members for their support in helping move books before the 2008 flood. Also, Iowa City had just received the
UNESCO City of Literature designation — the third city in the world to receive it after Edinburgh, Scotland, and Melbourne, Australia — and Bontrager realized the two other cities were very well-known for their book festivals. And finally, in 2009 the UI Libraries acquired its 5 millionth volume, making the system one of the largest in the country. “You have to have a party for that kind of milestone,” Bontrager said. Festivals such as these are important worldwide as literacy is key for success in life, said Jennifer Gavin, the project manager for the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival, which takes place every year on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “[The festivals] remind everyone of SEE BOOKS, 4B
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Techno-Lincoln and the technicolor union is an iowa city-based band known for their concerts — full shows with complete storylines, costumes, and characters.
Hitting all the time paradoxes The Daily Iowan sat down with a few members of Iowa City band TechnoLincoln and the Technicolor Union to discuss FOON, time travel, and their soulrocking shows. The Daily Iowan: Tell us a little bit about your band. Techno-Lincoln: FOON. DI: How did you guys get started? Raspukin: There was an asteroid. Dr. Tesla: A disruption. Techno-Lincoln: It was about Halloween time, I performed as Techno-Lincoln and that was a solo act. Raspukin: Espousing on the values of pennies and circles. And the very nature of time itself. Spider Monkey Lady: Parallel universes. Raspukin: I was present. And then I became super present during the show. Techno-Lincoln: Some of us here formed together before my birthday, before Thanksgiving this year. And then we started working shows, beginning at PS1. And then wrote — Dr. Tesla: — the idea of FOON, which is not quite fun. It’s FOON. Techno-Lincoln: It’s the knock-off brand. Dr. Telsa: It’s the cheap, knock-off brand of fun. Not only does it guide us in terms of what we
provide people throughout the universe, it’s also — Techno-Lincoln: Justin Bieber trading cards. Dr. Telsa: JBiebs. He’s more of a spiritual guide for us. JBiebs. DI: What is it about Justin Bieber that — Techno-Lincoln: No, JBiebs. Dr. Telsa: It’s JBiebs. DI: I’m sorry. I’m not close enough to him to call him JBiebs. We’re not on the same level, guys. Techno-Lincoln: We’re on initial terms. DI: All right, what was it about JBiebs that inspired you? Dr. Tesla: Just his aura. Raspukin: The hair. The voice. Dr. Tesla: The total package, what he brings to the table. FOON is also sort of a higher power that guides us. Raspukin: Similar to automatic yo-yos. Dr. Tesla: There’s also anti-FOON, which needs to be destroyed. It’s a corruptive force. Techno-Lincoln: It’s always bugging us. Dr. Tesla: Bugging us, mostly. DI: What’s an example of something that’s antiFOON? Techno-Lincoln: Dark wizards. Dr. Tesla: FOON goons. Techno-Lincoln:
FOON goons are those that interact with the audience and also villains of our shows. We have battles. Our shows are full story lines. We have costumes and characters. But then, carried by our soulrocking power. DI: Who comes up with the story lines? Techno-Lincoln: All of us. It’s a collaboration Raspukin: It’s actually just a retelling of our early college days. Dr. Tesla: This all happened. We travel throughout space and time. It’s getting confusing, like there’s a lot of time paradoxes we hit. It usually results in bloody noses. Raspukin: Have you ever hit a time paradox before? DI: I have not. Raspukin: It’s harder than diamonds. Lady Morgana: The last show, the major production we put on, was the final FOONtasy. The evil wizard captured the Princess of Latvia, who I played. And I was thrown into a tower and had to be in there for the whole show, which was an hour and a half. Techno-Lincoln: Thousands of years. Lady Morgana: Thousands of years, forgive me. The music just rocked on for thousands of years. — by Nina Earnest
Euforia is at hand The festival has 1,500 tickets available for sale. By ASMAA ELKEURTI asmaa.elkeurti@gmail.com
Music festivals are the perfect event for the ultimate outdoor live music lover. For the Iowa City area, Camp Euforia, however, forget the sweat, subtract the overwhelming crowds, and add a scenic country landscape. Attendees can expect to enjoy a more intimate experience on the wellkept grounds of Jerry Hotz’s farm when they arrive to hear the music. “Camp Euforia has a very intimate vibe to it,” said Mike Tallman, the drummer and frontman of the band Eufórquestra. “With a lot of music festivals, it’s really easy to get lost in this massive sea of people.” The festival is a two-day event taking place Friday and Saturday, with gates opening at noon, near Lone Tree on Hotz’s farm, 5335 Utah Ave. Two-day passes are $65. Tickets sold at the festival are $85. Camping is available. “Camp Euforia is really a celebration of community and music,” said Eric Quiner, the festival’s director. “We have a very loyal community that comes to listen, and everyone will feel welcome at this event. The music is always good, and people usually are pretty impressed.”
Camp Euforia When: Friday and Saturday Where: 5335 Utah Ave. S.E. , Lone Tree Admission: $55 advance, $85 day of event Eufórquestra will be headlining along with Cornmeal, Hot Buttered Rum Stringband, Uniphonics, Dead Larry, and OSG, Quiner said. Eufórquestra — known for its high-intensity global dance music — is a seven-piece band originally from Iowa City; it began when many of the group members attended the University of Iowa. Camp Euforia originated eight years ago as a fanappreciation celebration hosted by Eufórquestra for its supporters. What started out as a “hodgepodge” party on a farm with 250 attendants has grown into a full-blown music festival with 1,500 tickets for sale, ex-member Quiner said. “Not playing a ton of festivals, we just started to create one,” he said. Now, Camp Euforia encompasses two stages and a wide variety of activities that target every age group. The events include the featured live music, live artists, and two free yoga classes. The fes-
tival will also showcase a new activity called Silent Disco in which audience members are given headphones, providing them their only means of listening to the band, which makes for an entire crowd of people seemingly dancing to silence. “It’s a fun, different sort of twist on traditional live music,” Quiner said. Iowa City funk/jazz outfit the Uniphonics has been a returning act for Camp Euforia for the past four years, said Forrest Heusinkzeld, the drummer and MC for the band. “Every year is always better than last. There’s a good community vibe they have going on there,” he said. “It’s just a really good time. There are a lot of friendly faces and good people.” The festival prides itself on the upkeep and attention given to detail to the area, including its professionally landscaped grounds. And, Tallman said, organizers want the festival to be a welcoming and open environment. “Everyone should come to Camp Euphoria because it’s the most fun you’ll ever have all year,” Tallman said. “And we’re trying to get the state of Iowa to declare it as a holiday.”
Coral Ridge 2D: 12, 1:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Coral Ridge 3D: 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 Sycamore 2D: 11 a.m., 12, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9 Sycamore 3D: 1, 4, 7, 10
Seven books, eight movies, and 14 years later, the series has reached its conclusion. Fans will flock to tonight’s sold-out midnight showings to watch the fates of Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson). Harry finally faces off against evil wizard Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) in this second half of the last book’s film adaptation.
Winnie the Pooh Coral Ridge: 11:50 a.m., 1:40, 3:30, 5:20, 7:10, 9:15 Sycamore: 12:20, 2:20, 4:20, 6:30
Winnie the Pooh returns to the big screen in this new Walt Disney family film directed by Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall. Portly bear Winnie the Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings) and friends Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Eeyore, and Owl (voiced by Craig Ferguson) set out on a quest to save their young friend Christopher Robin in this wellreviewed feature.
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Camp Euforia Preparty, Juno What?! and OSG Where: Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn When: 9 p.m. Why you should go: Even you don’t plan on heading out to Lone Tree for the music festival, it’s still worth checking out three-piece electro-funk outfit Juno What?!.
MUSIC • The Emilees, Old Man Charlie, and Ayron Messerschmitt, 7 p.m., Public Space One, 129 E. Washington • Excision, 7 p.m., Blue Moose, 211 Iowa • Open Mike, 7 p.m., Uptown Bill’s, 730 S. Dubuque • Anna Laube, with Nikki Lunden & the Paper Hearts, 9 p.m., Mill, 120 E. Burlington • Camp Euforia Preparty, 9 p.m., Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn
“The Evilly Compounded, Vital I: Point of View in Creative Nonfiction,” Kathleen Rooney, 11 a.m., 101 Biology Building East • “Live from Prairie Lights,” Edith Pearlman, fiction, 7 p.m., Prairie Lights, 15 S. Dubuque
FILM • Potiche (Trophy Wife), 8 p.m., Bijou
THEATER WORDS • Iowa Summer Writing Festival Eleventh Hour,
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Iowa Summer Rep, Lost in Yonkers, 8 p.m., Theatre Building Mable Theatre
Festival Eleventh Hour, Faculty Reading, 11 a.m., 101 Biology Building East
MUSIC • Camp Euforia, noon, 5335 Utah Ave. S.E., Lone Tree • Jazz After Five, 5 p.m., Mill • Sean Boarini, 8:30 p.m., Gilbert Street Piano Lounge, 347 S. Gilbert • Chris Ford’s Going Away Party, with Burnout, Petit Mal, Miracles of God, & Lipstick Homicide, 9 p.m., Mill • Intimate at the Englert, Jolie Holland, 8 p.m., Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington • Delicate Steve, 9 p.m., Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington
WORDS • Iowa Summer Writing
FILM • Bill Cunningham New York, 8 p.m., Bijou • Despicable Me, Park It at the Movies, 9 p.m., S.T. Morrison Park, Coralville
THEATER • Soldier’s Daughter, 7 p.m., Country Camp Farm, 3418 Osage St. • Iowa Summer Rep, Lost in Yonkers, 8 p.m., Mabie Theatre
MISCELLANEOUS • Jesús Ángels García’s badbadbad, 8 p.m., Public Space One
Showtimes: 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday, July 17
The documentary follows octogenarian *New York Times* photographer Bill Cunningham as he obsessively captures fashion trends on the New York City streets. Some of the city’s fashion luminaries — including Vogue Editor Anna Wintour and socialite Brook Astor — tell their stories of being the subject of Cunningham’s work.
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Saturday 7.16 • Camp Euforia, 8 a.m., 5335 Utah Ave. S.E., Lone Tree • Illinois John Fever, 9 p.m., Mill
Public Library, 123 S. Linn • Bill Cunningham New York, 8 p.m., Bijou • Free Movie Series, Little Shop of Horrors, sundown, Pentacrest
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• Iowa City Book Festival, 10 a.m., Gibson Square and Main Library
• Soldier’s Daughter, 7 p.m., Country Camp Farm • Iowa Summer Rep, Lost in Yonkers, 8 p.m., Mabie Theatre
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OF THE WEEK FILM Wheach The beer of the week is perfect for anyone who, while sipping a wheat beer, thought, “Hey, a peach would really go well with this.” Brewed by O’fallon Brewery in Missouri, Wheach beer is exactly what it sounds like — a wheat beer with peach tones. Wheach “The peach is definitely there, but it doesn’t take an overpowering role,” said Joe Hotek, the beer-room manager at John’s Grocery, 401 E. Market St. The American wheat fruit beer checks in at a respectable 5.1 percent alcohol by volume. It’s crafted with pilsner grains and Bonlander hops and features a hazy, orange, peach-colored glow. Sweet hints and a smooth finish will make this beer a popular choice for anybody who enjoys a Sunset Wheat or a Honey Weiss. “It’s light and semi-sweet and very drinkable,” Hotek said. “It’s a really solid, hot-weather beer that’s good with cookout foods.” Wheach is a seasonal brew only available in the summer, so if your current brew has you in the pits, be sure to check it out before it’s gone. — by Brian Albert
• Fuel, 6 p.m., Iowa City
Sunday 7.17
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Battles Where: Blue Moose, 211 Iowa When: 8 p.m. Why you should go: Battles comprises John Stanier, Ian Williams, and David Konopka. Visiting Iowa City following the release of the band’s recent album, Gloss Drop, the experimental rock group will Moose out. Bluely.
MUSIC
8 p.m., Bijou
• Battles, 8 p.m., Blue Moose
THEATER WORDS • Iowa City Book Festival, 10:30 a.m., various Iowa City locations
• Iowa Summer Rep, Lost in Yonkers, 8 p.m., Mabie Theatre
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MISCELLANEOUS
• Bill Cunningham New York,
• Pub Quiz, 9 p.m., Mill
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Delicately unpredictable The New Jersey band will bring its exotic, leaping melodies to Gabe’s on Friday. By IAN STEWART stewart.ian1@gmail.com
Listening to Wondervisons, Delicate Steve’s first album, you could at first be forgiven for thinking that you were overhearing a practice session. Many of the tracks start inconspicuously, seemingly trying to fit together the drums and shakers and the highpitched guitar. This wasn’t a mistake. “I would say that I was purposefully not always trying to get perfect takes on parts,” said Steve Marion, whose almost-namesake group is on a threeweek summer tour playing shows with Cut Copy, Battles, Free Energy, and Ra Ra Riot, among others. Delicate Steve will perform at 10 p.m. Friday at Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington. Admission is $8. Five people will take the stage Friday night, but for the most part, people will hear Marion on the album. The 23-year-old recorded Wondervisions in his h o m e s t u d i o, b u t t h e path to his first record
wasn’t always clear. “I never really had enough confidence to be able to finish a song until a couple of years ago,” Marion said. Though he took piano lessons growing up, he never had serious training on any of the many instruments that he has worked into Wondervisions. “I think he definitely takes different samples to make really fun electronic sounds I haven’t heard before,” said Jon Hackbarth, the talent buyer for Gabe’s, who first heard Delicate Steve at the Mill in February. “It’s a really cool instrumental project that you don’t see too often.” Except for a few ephemeral measures, the album’s 12 songs are devoid of vocals, leaving shimmering guitars, cleancut synth melodies, shakers, and Afro-drumming free to swell and dip like a tribal anthem whose spacey fuzz hints of extraterrestrial origins. Occasionally, one guitar or piano track slips away from the beat. They’ll circle each other and then match
up in kind of surprise miniclimax. Marion says that kind of free, slightly unfinished sound was the result of a compressed recording schedule, a different experience from the unconstrained experimentation he was used to. “You just have infinite time when you’re … in your bedroom, you can just hit record, record, record a hundred times to get the perferct sound — but then you’re not really excited about it,” he said. “So it was a conscious choice for things to maybe be a little behind the beat.” For KRUI’s music director Max Johnson, it’s a certain intricacy and technical proficieny that makes Delicate Steve’s music “fun.” “It’s interesting to see [him] live, because it’s all from one guy, so when it goes in a weird direction, it’s interesting that it all came from one source,” Johnson said. But while elements of Delicate Steve’s music seem unstable at times, they are never uncertain,
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Delicate Steve will perform with special guest Dream Thieves 9 p.m. Friday at Gabe’s. Admission is $8.
Delicate Steve, with Dream Thieves When: 10 p.m. Where: Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Admission: $8 and beneath the dancing and danceable melodies, deep and precise drums drive the songs forward. While you might not be certain exactly how to bob your head to the album and the band, you’d be hard-pressed not to try.
A stroll around the war The play is the last in the theater’s ‘War and Consequences’ series. By NINA EARNEST nina-earnest@uiowa.edu
Soldier’s Daughter is not performed on a stage. Instead, its actors lead the audience throughout a country farm — from the farmhouse to the pond and fields and even a pirate ship. And as the last in Dreamwell Theatre’s “War and Consequences” series, the play asks viewers to examine the effects of combat on those left behind. “This is looking at an individual soldier,” said Matt Falduto, the director and cowriter of the play. “And even more so, the impact it’s had on a child.” Dreamwell Theatre will perform Soldier’s Daughter 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Country Camp Farm, 3418 Osage St. Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $8 for students. The audience follows the actors throughout the farm to hear the story of 13-yearold Tigerlily. Tigerlily, while waiting for her father to return from his tour in Afghanistan, falls asleep on the porch praying he can finally stay home. When she awakes, her soldier father is there to take her on a story walk around the farm. Falduto said the play — the first produced as a promenade-style performance — is an ideal ending to the company’s “War and Consequences” series. “It’s very timely right now. We’ve been at war for 10 years now,” he said. “It’s definitely something we need to look at a little bit and the effect it has on our children.” He developed the play with the Black Doggers, an
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Actors perform a scene from Soldier's Daughter at Country Camp Farm outside Iowa City on Wednesday. Throughout the play, the audience follows the actors throughout the farm to hear the story of a young girl whose father returns home from Afghanistan.
Soldier’s Daughter When: Friday, Saturday, July 22, July 23 Where: Country Camp, 3418 Osage St. Admission: $12 general, $10 seniors, $8 students eastern Iowa playwrighting group. He said he was “blown away” by a promenade-style play he saw produced at the farm last summer. Falduto said he asked different members to write a short playlet, which would serve as a story a father could tell his daughter as they walked along to different locations. Eventually, the drama evolved into the story of a soldier father and his daughter awaiting his return. But Brian Tanner, play cowriter and the actor playing the soldier, said the story doesn’t delve into the horrors of war. Instead, the point of the play is to examine the ramifications for people back home. “It’s that dilemma between obligations one has as a parent and one has to its country,” Tanner said. John Crosheck, who plays Tiger, said the power behind the show is coming
away with each lesson learned in the individual stories. “It really builds from the first story walk to the last story walk as to what the daughter is coming to learn from her father,” Croscheck said. Makayla Phillips, the 13year-old actress taking on the Tigerlily role, said she initially had trouble showing the range of emotions in the drama. But after a while, she said, the character came more naturally. “You can put yourself into the play and just do everything that she would do,” Phillips said. Falduto said Phillips captured Tigerlily’s personality perfectly from the first reading. Tanner said Phillips “jumped into the character with both feet.” “It’s been helpful, because we have a pretty good rapport together and make those connections as a father and daughter,” Tanner said. And Soldier’s Daughterlets the audience see the moments, both tender and funny, in their relationship. “I’m personally a sucker for that sort of show or movie. I love to be able to laugh, but I’m a bit of a sap
at heart,” Crosheck said. “I like to get a little misty before I’ve left the theater.”
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the crucial importance of literacy and reading in our lives,” she said. They also help bring people together. Because reading is usually a solitary activity, book festivals allow people to gather as a group and share in the experience of reading as a whole, said Jeanette Pilak, the executive director of the Iowa City UNESCO City of Literature. “Reading is usually an individual activity, but in the festival we get to share our enthusiasm and enjoyment,” she said. Festival officials use programs and events to unite those attending. Bontrager said in order to get ideas for the programs, the planning committee — made up
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Iowa City Book Festival When: Friday through Saturday, July 17 Where: Downtown Iowa City, Gibson Square, Main Library Admission: Free of representatives from the UI Press, Prairie Lights, the Iowa City Public Library, and the UI — looked Libraries through published material to see what could be an interesting theme for an event or workshop. “We use their stuff to glean what we can use,” she said. The committee officials do not have a huge budget to work with in planning the festival, but they do receive funding from Humanities Iowa — a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping the humanities — and also from grants, donors, and vendors
who pay for their own space and tents, and the Community Foundation of Johnson County. Bontrager said other than businesses that offer their space for readings, there aren’t many financial benefits for the participants of the festival. Gavin also said the only people who might benefit from the festivals are authors whose books are sold at the festivals and receive publicity from the event. National Book Festival officials have a budget of around $2 million, while Iowa City Book Festival Officials have a much small budget of around $20,000. But even with this smaller budget, the planning committee has managed to more than double its programming and increase the companies involved in the downtown business portion of the festival from 25 to 50. The increase allows
more opportunities for authors to read in different businesses around Iowa City. “There are going to be a lot of very, very good things about this year’s book festival,” Weismiller said. The Prairie Lights coowner has been on the planning committee since the festival began. She said her experience with authors — Prairie Lights is a well-known stop for readings — makes her an asset to the festival. “We have so many contacts with writers that I can be pretty helpful with that committee,” she said. Weismiller said the new program she is looking forward to the most is the book club with Jane Hamilton taking place at the Englert Theatre, 221 E. Washington St., on July 17. Hamilton, a Wisconsin author, said she is excited about her first appearance at the Iowa City Book Fes-
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tival. “It’s always a pleasure to be in the company of my Iowa City friends,” she said. Hamilton will discuss her 1999 novel , The Short History of a Prince, with the book club. The novel is about a boy, Walter McCloud, who aspires to be a dancer but finds he lacks the talent. After that setback, he then has to deal with the illness of his brother. “I have a secret soft spot in my heart for the main character,” Hamilton said. She said she, like Walter, studied dance but soon realized she did not have the talent. “I put the struggle that was mine into Walter McCloud’s body and enjoyed living with him in those years that I wrote the book,” she said. These new activities are designed to increase attendance but also to include
the entire city, because the festival is for people of all ages, Bontrager said. No one will be left out — activities are designed for toddlers up to retired people. Although increasing attendance is a main goal, she said, she is also hoping to raise people’s awareness about literature. “[We’re] really interested to provide access to books and getting people interested in reading,” she said. Iowa City is a wellknown literary spot, filled with writing and a plethora of authors. But this can be intimidating to those people who don’t consider themselves avid readers, Bontrager said. The festival is an opportunity to bring together those who read very little with those who can’t put a book down. “We’re really interested in bringing all kinds of people,” she said. “Whatever kind of reading they do.”
Laube follows different route to songwriting The Iowa City native took lessons with local artist Dave Zollo as a child, and will perform today at the Mill. Anna Laube, with Nikki Lunden & the Paper Hearts When: 9 p.m. today Where: Mill, 120 E. Burlington Admission: $6
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Iowa City native Anna Laube will perform at 9 p.m. today at the Mill. Admission is $6.
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Anna Laube went into the 105.5 Project M songwriting competition as a virtual unknown in Madison’s music scene. But after she reached the finals, Wisconsin disc jockey Pat Gallagher said, everything changed.
‘No toking’ signs run into hitch AMSTERDAM — After an onlyin-the-Netherlands legal reverse, the city of Amsterdam said Wednesday it will likely have to stub out the “no toking” signs it introduced in a crackdown on marijuana-smoking youth. The Dutch government’s top legal adviser ruled that the city had no right to establish official zones where smoking weed is banned, because it’s already theoretically illegal in the Netherlands. In practice, possession of small amounts of the drug is allowed, and it is sold openly in designated shops. When the policy was introduced in 2007, the city put up signs to declare the “no toking” zones. The signs portrayed coneshaped cigarette being rolled, with little marijuana leaves in the background — inside a bold red circle. They were stolen so often as collectors’ items the city opened its own merchandise line and began offering them itself for euro90 ($125) apiece. City spokeswoman Iris Reshef acknowledged Wednesday’s rul-
“She turned out to be a really good performer, good personality as well,” Gallagher said. “And she’s fun to be around.” Laube will performat 9 p.m. today at the Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Admission is $6. An Iowa City native, 31year-old Laube said she
ing likely means the signs must go, but she noted it specified the city can still issue fines to young smokers who cause problems. “The measures we have taken can remain in place,” Reshef said. “Just the signs cannot be there.” The signs were originally hung up around an area of one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods, called “De Baarsjes,” but residents in a wealthier part of the city also wanted to use the signs, leading to the case being sent to the Council of State. Since the Amsterdam policy was introduced, other towns and cities have also introduced “no toking” zones.
was a “late bloomer” in the music industry. Though she had been playing music since she was 3, she only started to pursue her musical dreams once she moved away from the Midwest to San Francisco. “I think it helped being so far from everyone I knew,” she said. “I was able to redefine myself.” Her decision to live as a full-time musician brought her back to the Midwest, where she now makes her home in Madison. The Project M contest, Gallagher said, highlighted her well-rounded work as a musician. “To make it through, you have to stick out as an allaround performer. It’s more than just being a good singer, a good guitarist, a good songwriter,” Gallagher said. “You need to be able to do all those things and do them well.” Her Midwest upbringing and current home provide inspiration for her work as a folk musician. “I don’t think you can get around your surroundings,” Laube said. “And I don’t think you should try.” Mark Whitcomb, who engineered Laube’s first two records, said working
Amsterdam has long had an image as a freewheeling haven for pot smokers because of its numerous “coffee shops” where marijuana is sold and smoked by locals and tourists alike. While the shops are a lucrative tourist draw, the city has in recent years also attempted to tackle problems associated with them, including criminality and public disorder. The national government also is chipping away at the Netherlands’ longstanding tolerance toward cannabis with measures including a plan to make coffee shops members-only clubs only open to Dutch residents. — Associated Press
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with folk music is only slightly different from other genres. “Because she’s a folk artist, there’s a vibe to each song that has to let the story be told or has to have the feeling,” Whitcomb said. And Whitcomb said he and Laube “struck it off at a cosmic level.” At age 18, Whitcomb said he went to a football game at the University of Iowa. That night, he and his friends went to a concert featuring High and Lonesome — and the artist Dave Zollo. Soon, Whitcomb learned Zollo gave music lessons to Laube when she still lived in Iowa City. “When I met her, I just had good vibes in the same way I did from that show,” Whitcomb said. Zollo said he is “very proud” of his one-time pupil. “She was just a child, and I was just kind of a child, too,” Zollo said. “Some would say I still am.” Yet Laube attributed Zollo with leading her to her future as a songwriter. “He’s one of the first people who taught me about songwriting and told me, ‘You should write a song,’ ” Laube said. And when she told Zollo she had left her job to pursue a music career, he said he was pleased to find she was talented and a hard worker. “She knew what she
wanted to do and went after it,” Zollo said. “I have nothing but admiration for that.”
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How to get kicked out of Walmart: • Go behind a self-service checkout and pretend you’re the cashier. Make frustrated small talk. When the customer starts paying, yell, “That’s it,” jump up on the counter, point your finger at the scanner, “ You’re done taking my job,” and then break down into a tear-filled apology to the machine.
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• Get some rope, a fan, feathers, oil, and a fishing pole, and then construct the best Scooby Doo trap you can think of. • Practice your latest standup routine while pretending to be the front greeter. • Put all the generic cereals in the General Mills boxes and all the General Mills cereals in the generic boxes. • Go to the family-planning aisle and measure yourself right there to ensure best fit. (You might need to visit the magazine rack first.) • Wear a black ski mask and — using a clothes hanger — try to break into that large container collecting change for charities while loudly playing the Mission: Impossible theme on a boom box you took from electronics. • Play tag with all the employees. Some might join in. If not, just tag everyone. • Announce an amber alert over the intercom; point finger at nearest mullet. — Nathan Wulf says “Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.” Think you’re pretty funny? Prove it. The Daily Iowan is looking for Ledge writers. You can submit a Ledge at daily-iowan@uiowa.edu. If we think it’s good, we’ll run it — and maybe contact you for more.
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• Turn all the stereos in Home Audio to 88.7FM and up to full volume, and then set an FM transmitter playing NPR podcasts to the same frequency. • Get a couple sirloins and test out that grill you want to buy.
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Thursday, July 14, 2011 — by Eugenia Last
ARIES March 21-April 19 You may not like what you encounter at work or at home, but how you handle it will count in the end. Make sure you play by the rules. You will rise above the obstacles if you stick to your beliefs. TAURUS April 20-May 20 You will surpass everyone’s expectations if you follow through with your plans and make a big splash. Going overboard isn’t something you do often, but now is a good time to surprise everyone by doing so. GEMINI May 21-June 20 This is not the day to lend or donate to a cause you know little about. Keep your money in a safe place, remembering that charity begins at home. Self-improvement projects will pay off. CANCER June 21-July 22 Let your intuition guide you when dealing with people from different backgrounds or with a philosophy that is new to you. Networking or getting out with that special someone in the evening hours will enhance your personal life. LEO July 23-Aug. 22 Whatever you do that is unique will pay off big-time. By entertaining the people you want to do business with or by forming a partnership, you will gain insight into how you can get what you want more quickly and easily. VIRGO Aug. 23-Sept. 22 Everything is changing quickly, but that doesn’t mean you need to act fast. Let things settle down before you make a decision. Social events will bring you in contact with someone who can lead you in a prosperous direction. LIBRA Sept. 23-Oct. 22 Watch what you say. Someone will be looking for information that can be used against you. Don’t name-drop or exaggerate if you want someone to like you. Don’t pretend you know more than you do. SCORPIO Oct. 23-Nov. 21 There is a lot happening that isn’t visible just yet, so it is best to take a wait-and-see approach. A social event will take a surprising turn. Consider what you always wanted to do for a living and discuss how to make it happen. SAGITTARIUS Nov. 22-Dec. 21 Research what you must do to reach your objectives. A sudden change in your personal life may confuse you, but you eventually will realize that the change is in your best interest. Your quick wit will keep you in front of the competition. CAPRICORN Dec. 22-Jan. 19 You may have a hard time keeping a lid on your thoughts and an even more difficult time trying not to take over to ensure things are done to your specifications. A chance meeting with someone from your past can open up ideas for the future. AQUARIUS Jan. 20-Feb. 18 You will be pulled in many directions, and it will be important to recognize where each path leads. It may be difficult to be logical about personal issues, but you will have to put aside your emotions and do what’s right. PISCES Feb. 19-March 20 Getting involved in a neighborhood event will help you understand what everyone else wants and how you can make it happen. An effort to improve your environment will lead to social opportunities that will enhance your love life.
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