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Columns/Commentary The Lone Tree Reporter, March 22, 2001
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considering their recent "Got
Beer" campaign that, in essence,
promoted drinking beer instead of
milk. Their reason for existence is
to end animal agriculture as we
know it and they'll do whatever it
takes to accomplish that mission.
But a recent attempt to target
children with their message back-
fired. PETA representatives from
down south descended on a Des
Moine.s middle school February
28 to rally support for their
"Dump Dairy" campaign. It
turned out to be a wasted trip.
Instead of embracing their mes-
sage, students responded by
throwing a few snowballs at
activists, shouting protests and
shredding PETA's inflammatory
"milk suckers" trading cards.
They even displayed signs includ-
ing one that read "PETA-in twen-
ty years when you fall and break
your hip, don't expect me to fix
it."
According to PETA representa-
tives, the rally ended prematurely
for fear of the situation becoming
violent. That statement, similar to
By no means is this an end to
PETA's presence in Iowa. Nor is it
the end of the group's efforts to
target children. PETA's website
includes tips for pulling "Got
Milk?" information from schools
and encourages instructors to join
PETA's' "Teacher's Network."
There are also plenty of
spokespersons ready to speak out
on behalf of PETA including teen
idols Alicia Silverstone and David
Gallagher and actor Alec
Baldwin.
PETA's efforts, however, are
dealt a serious blow when chil-
dren are educated about the bene-
fits of eating healthy, including
drinking milk. By working togeth-
er, parents, teachers and the farm
community in conjunction with
reputable dieticians and physi-
cians can arm students with the
knowledge they need to recognize
fact from fiction. That's a weapon
that PETA fears most - even more
than snowballs.
Submitted by Aaron Putze,
Director of Public Relations for
the Iowa Farm Bureau
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Hooray! The Girl Scout
Cookies are paid for. We will be
eating them for the next few
months.
Mother
Nature just
couldn't
wait to put
in her two
cents worth
and give us
another taste
of winter. I
can't wait to see the grass get green
and hear the lawn mower going•
Right now I can wait; I know
we need the rain, but the snow can
wait until next winter to come.
As some of us know, I have
been fighting with arthritis in my
right shoulder. After April 10th,
we will see if the new shoulder will
be as good as the left one. Time
will tell. Now I am living on pills
to help me. So I want to share the
story of the Little Pill from Jim
Doyne's book.
Little pill here in my hand, I
wonder how you understand
Just what to do, and where to
go, To stop the hurts that ache me
so/
Within ),our covering lies grows__ bigger with every 'puff. in
relief your work alone in disbe- When a woman coughs
lie f
You sink in regions there
below, As down my throat you
quickly go.
But what I wonder little pill, is
How do you know where I am ill?
And how' do you really know
Just where you are supposed to
go?
I've got a headache, that is
true, My sore ol' muscles need
attention too.
How can anything so very
small End my pain in no time at
all?
• Some singers who have
become teenage institutions
belong in one.
• Support the church-you can't
take it with you, but it doesn't hurt
to send ahead.
• The person who says he has
never told a lie has just told one.
• One thing money can't buy is
poverty•
• God often visits us, but most
of the time we are not at home.
• A man's clothes may make
him, but his wife's break him.
• Gossip is like a balloon-it
Splinters From the Bench
by Ron Rife
Let's get basketball out of the
way first. The Iowa men's magic
run came to a halt against
Kentucky Saturday night• The
Hawks gave Kentucky a run for it,
but couldn't hold out until the end.
Still, Iowa, after a lot of adversity
in February, exceeded most every-
one's expectations in March.
I didn't see the game with
Creighton on Thursday. I was at
Carver Hawkeye Arena. As we
were leaving the Arena, I saw a bit
of the game on a TV there and
Iowa was behind, 42-32, in the sec-
ond half. By the time we had rid-
den the shuttle bus to the car and
got to the First Avenue Club where
the H.A.W.K. Klub had a lunch
setup, the game was over and, as
we walked in, somebody told us
Iowa had won. I couldn't believe
it. We hadn't bothered to turn on
the radio in the car and were ecstat-
ically surprised.
The women had to go and put
some more gray hairs in my head,
if there were any left that weren't
already gray. Oregon used a
sneaky strategy on Iowa. The
Hawks had been behind at halftime
in the last five games and then
came roaring back in the second
half to win•
This time, Oregon stayed close
through most of the first half and
then let Iowa slide ahead a little bit
at halftime. Iowa expanded the
lead in the second half, and then
Oregon came storming back, took
the lead and Iowa, behind by four
with less than a minute left, looked
dead in the water.
But, this bunch of Hawkeyes
seem to have forgotten how to lose.
They stormed back themselves,
and got that wonderful victory in
overtime. By the time you read
this, the season will either be over
for them or they will be on their
way to Denver.
The Iowa softball team has also
been doing well, including knock-
ing off No. 3 California in a big
tournament in California last
weekend. Weather permitting, the
Hawks will host a tournament at
Pearl Field this Saturday and
Sunday.
Now, to the NCAA Wrestling
Championships. First, let me say
emphatically that Iowa did not lose
the National Championship.
Minnesota won the National
Championship. Also, the contro-
versial new scoring system only
made Minnesota's margin of victo-
ry greater, but the Gophers would
have won under the old system,
also. With everything else going
the same way it did, Minnesota
would have beaten Iowa with
120.5 points to 119.5 for the
Hawks• Now, it might have been a
bit different for Iowa, psychologi-
cally; to have been closet" coming
into the championship round.
Iowa knew on Saturday alter-
noon that, in order to catch the
Gophers, it needed at least three
pins and a major decision. Had the
old scoring system been in effect,
three regular Iowa decisions would
have put the Hawks in first place. I
don't know if either Strittmatter or
Schwab would have been able to
win under those conditions or not.
But, the scoring rules this year
were the same for everybody, and
Minnesota did a great job of
wrestling to get the job done.
Minnesota had five wrestlers
church she either has a cold or a i
new hat. t
• Dust on your Bible does not l
prove that it is a dry book. i
• Colleges don't make fools, I
they only develop them. I
l
• The practical gift is one you I
can afford.
• Lockjaw wouldn't be so bad}
if only the right people had it. l
• So live your life that yoor I
autograph will be wanted-not i
fingerprints. I
Y°U:A luxury becomes a necessity}
if your neighbor has it. I
• A white lie soon gets tanned I
from exposure.
To Uncle Bill-
There's an open gate at the end
of the road, through which eacla,
must go alone.
• i
And there is a light we cannot
see, as our Father claims his own.
Beyond the gate your loved
one finds happiness and rest.
And there is comfort in the
thought that a loving God knoWS
best.
who finished above their seeds,
three who finished lower, and two
who finished at their seeded post"
tion. That has been a trademark of
the Iowa teams over the yearS.
Unless they are seeded first, the
Hawks usually wrestle up to their
seeds and often beyond. "
This year Iowa had five equal.or
beat their seeds and three come up
short. Two unseeded wrestlers
scored place 16oints for Iowa.
Zadick jumped all the way to third
and an injured Ben Shirk came in
eighth.
Oklahoma State, on the other
hand, only had three wrestlerS
match or exceed their seeds. The
big surprise for the Cowboys came
at 157 where Shane Roller did
splendid job. He was seeded 12tla
and came in third. He wrestled
very, very, well. Even though he
was wearing the hated Oklahoma
State orange I had to admire his
accomplishment.
1 knew coming into this totff"
nament that Minnesota was going
to be very tough to stop. The
Gophers had their whole tea
there, and they were all solid
wrestlers. They had two wrestlers
seeded 10th and all the others were
7th or higher. And they all came
through.
J Robinson has now done some"
thing with a wrestling team thal
even Dan Gable didn't accomplisl.
He has coached a team that had l C
All - Americans in the NCP
Tournament. Once again, congrat"
ulations to J Robinson and t he
Minnesota Golden Gophers. M
motto last week was ABOS:
Anybody but Oklahoma State.