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For the Brain Teaser this week
of something a naval officer
fght say.
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Well, I took a tittle trip last week,
Some scenery I had seen before,
through rain two days out of
and, generally, didn't do all
much that was exciting. I was in
"na Arbor Michigan, for the Big Ten
°-ftball Toumament. Ann Arbor is
$_o ce city. It's larger than Iowa City,
r to the population of Cedar,
a.Ptds. However, like many 'old
tes east of here, it has many nar-
row streets. I don't know how old
L Ar
,. bor really is, but the
LTrtl '
-liaversity of Michigan was founded
_] 1837 so I suppose there was some
a of village there at the time.
The
uMeets in downtown Iowa City look
.c broad thoroughfares. I basically
tefo st drove through downtown a cou-
f times. There was no parking to
'. Ound along the streets unless you
ere about 10 b!ocks from down-
. own and I didn t see any parking
naps there. Therefore, my trip to
.nn Arbor consisted of basically
gto. softball games at Alumni
3Jju an(/spending time in my motel
n-t, both of which were located on
esouth side of Ann Arbor.
guess one of the reasons I was so
ntent to just stay in my room is
at I have seen Ann Arbor before, on
ore than one occasion. This was
out sixth or seventh time I have
en there for one reason or another
ps I had already seen most of the
Urist' things to do. On one of my
I ht dh 2ueend dv ea.l argu2idy t ho
.ei_chigan Hospital. I say that
ause Michigan and Iowa are in a
: to maintain the largest
hospital in the United
States, maybe in the whole world.
Having seen it from the outside
before, and, fortunately, not needing
its services on the inside, I ignored it.
On the way home Saturday I did
see something I had never seen live
before. I was driving west out of
LaPorte, Indiana, when I noticed
flashing lights up ahead. I also
noticed that the drivers ahead of me
were hitting their brakes and slowing
down so I figured the police were out
looking for speeders and had caught
one and the people in front of me
were just being extra cautious. When
I got to where the action was I
noticed that I was wrong. There in
the rain the police had a man lying on
the ground on his stomach with his
hands handcuffed behind him. I have
no idea what the alleged offense of
the person was, bu(he and the police
officers on the scene were certainly
getting wet. It wasn't a warm rain,
eiUaer. The thermometer in my car
registered the outdoor temperature as
44 degrees at that time. I've seen
plenty of film of police officers get-
ting somebody on the ground and
'cuffing' them, but I can't recall ever
having seen it for real before.
-OTB-
Just in case some of you may
have forgotten, I want to remind you
that Friday, May 17, is Norwegian
Independence Day. It was on May
17, 1905, that Norway became the
independent country we know today.
You may think it strange that I bring
Irish celebrate St. Patrick's Day and
the Mexicans celebrate Cinco de
Mayo, so why not Syttende Mai? I
certainly have no problem with other
people identifying with their her-
itage and celebrating the traditional
holidays of the country of their fam-
ily's origin. I certainly don't expect
all of you to get dressed up in tradi-
tional Norwegian dress for the day. I
don't do that for St. Patrick's Day or
Cinco de Mayo. However, if you
happen to run into me on Friday
sometime and I wish you a Happy
Norwegian Independence Day, just
smile and nod and go ahead and
think, "There's that nut rambling on
about something again"
-OTB-
The school story I have for you
this week rather forcefully brings
home the difference between the
aunosphere in which young people
generally grow up in rural Iowa as
opposed to some of our larger cities.
It comes from Caralyn Carter, of
Stonyford, Califomia.
I teach high school English at a
juvenile court school in northern
California. During a literature unit,
while discussing early childhood
story experiences, I made reference
to a lullaby!
Observing some confused looks,
I said, "Everyone knows what a lull-
aby is, right.'?" One student, without
hesitation replied, "Sure, that's the
story you tell to the judge!"
(Obviously his experiences more
recently concerned "alibi")
The Thought for the Week this
week ought to be a reminder that,
despite what John Wayne kept say-
ing in one of his movies, it is not a
sign of weakness to apologize if we
have wronged someone. Winston
Churchill is credited with this quote.
Eating words has never given me
indigestion.
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Looking for the Rainbow
a weekly column by. news editor Jolene Vance
Once again the weather has
been good and bad.
You think it is Spring, all the
windows are open, and the
weather folks tell us storms and
hail are coming, and it is snow-
ing in Montana, North Dakota
and moving into Minnesota and
maybe appearing in Iowa too.
So when is it safe to put the
plants out and stick some in the
dirt. A friend told me Mother's
Day is the current rule of
thumb, but I can't wait that
long and I've noticed a lot of
other people are not waiting
either. I know I thought I was
going to be pretty angry with
the weather master, God, if hail
ruined my new, pretty petunias
and pansies. Luckily the hail
never reached us, so far.
As a matter of fact, there
has been a lot of flurry in my
neighborhood the past few
weeks. Graduation is the big
event coming up and, as usual,
homes and yards are being
spruced up for the celebrations.
The mad dash to have every-
thing as close to perfect as pos-
sible is in progress. In the
midst of all this busy buzzing, I
hope parents will remind their
seniors to complete their pro-
files for the paper and provide a
senior picture. We want to
honor them with a special edi-
tion as has been done in the
past. Senioritis is in the air and
prevalent.
I hope all mothers had a
beautiful, wonderful Mother's
Day this year. My son recently
presented me with a shiny, new
2001 penny and wished me
Happy Mother's Day. Some get
big gifts and others little ones,
and of course it's the thought
that counts.
May is that month in spring
that is always packed to the
brim with activities: Mother's
Day, graduations, first com-
munions, National Cancer
Survivors Day, Memorial Day
and the Johnson County Relay
for Life, held this year on May
31-June 1. I plan to be a partic-
ipant at most of these events.
There should be some great
pictures, moments and senti-
ments to share.
As I recall, there is usually a
National Day of Prayer during
the first week of May.
Churches, organizations and
other groups gather to pray for
various needs, and most specif-
ically for world peace. I read a
phrase recently, World peace is
becoming a reality---one heart
at a time. With events unfold-
ing worldwide as we have wit-
nessed in the news coverage, it
is hard to imagine we will ever
gain world peace. But, as the
phrase suggests, one human at
a time needs to make the effort
and encourage another to do
the same. By consistent encour-
agement and example, it can
become a contagious aspiration
to pass along from person to
person, and generation to gen-
eration.
Those who pray can accom-
plish great things individually
and in great numbers. There is
immense power in gentleness
and love for one another.
Showing reverence for the
sacredness of one another, the
people of the world will live
together in peace. I pray that
the leaders of the world lis-
ten--truly listen--to one anoth-
er and are committed to learn-
ing from each other. Then they
will be peacemakers.
"I am the Alpha and the
Omega."--Revelation 22:13
"Every parent makes mis-
takes. The only one who hasn't
is God. He gave the right child
to the right mother. The best
way to thank him is to honor
her.
I only have one thing to say,
and I'll only say it once
a weekly column by Melinda Rouse
Taking Stock of
My Freshman Year...
Flights of stairs to 4774 Helser
Fleming: four
Elevators available: zero.
Boxes filled with belongings
brought to college: 12.
Roommates for the fall semes-
ter: one
Roommates currently: zero
Girls in Fleming House: 22.
Guy to girl ratio in Helser Hall:
four to one.
Days it took me to discover the
Richey Men's House pool table:
two.
Games I've won on that table:
72.
Games I've lost: 400.
Days at school before I realized
I disliked DPS Parking Division:
five.
Number of tickets received from
DPS: enough to finance a small
country.
Days before I found the laundry
room: eight.
Flights from laundry room: five.
Minutes in laundry room before
I met boyfriend: 20.
Credit hours taken: 24.
Classes dropped this year
because of inconvenient meeting
times (8 a.m.): two.
Meals in Friley Dining Centers:
288.
Jimmy John's sub runs, 1 a.m or
later: 16.
World Trade Centers: -2.
Patriotism: 100%.
Boxes taken home at Christmas:
three.
Times I've been home this year:
six.
Times I've witnessed the Diego
Vega "Party Boy" strip show in
the hall of Richey House: 10.
Hours spent in motorcycle
shops, car lots and computer
stores with boyfriend: 20.
Seconds before I can differenti-
ate a Mustang V8 from a V6: five.
Liquid soap bottles: 4.5.
Months before I started search-
ing for a job: seven.
Address of new job: 2801 Grand
Avenue, North Grand Mall.
Boxes at the end of the year:.
five.
Apartment number for the sum-
mer: 812.
Occupancy limit for the pool at
the Sterling Plains apartment
complex: 110.
Flights of stairs to my new apart-
ment: zero.