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Early voting available at satellite stations
Found: 1 Day 20 Hours 49 Minutes ago
The Gazette - CEDAR RAPIDS and#8212; Satellite voting stations at the Jane Boyd Community House and Johnson Elementary School netted 87 early votes last week, and there's another one Friday.Anybody who'll be 18 years old by Nov. 4 can register and cast an absentee ballot at one of eight upcoming satellite voting stations.Saturday's is at the Hy-Vee Food Store, 1520 First Ave. NE, from noon to 6 p.m.Early voting has not kept pace, thus far, with voting in the 2004 election."Overall totals are still down," Linn County Auditor Joel Miller said.This is the first year that Iowans can register to vote on Election Day, raising concerns about long lines at polling places Nov. 4. Election officials are urging people to request absentee ballots or to vote at satellite stations.Here are the dates and locations of the remaining satellite voting stations in Linn County. All are open from noon to 6 p.m.:l Tuesday and#8212; Cornell College, Cole Library, 810 Common Circle, Mount Vernon.l Saturday, Oct. 18 and#8212; Hy-Vee Food Store, 1843 Johnson Ave. NW.l Tuesday, Oct. 21 and#8212; Coe College, Clark Racquet Center, 1220 First Ave. NE.l Wednesday, Oct. 22 and#8212; Squaw Creek Mobile Home Park, 6201 Hennessey Parkway, Marion.l Thursday, Oct. 23 and#8212; Kirkwood Community College, Iowa Hall, 6300 Kirkwood Blvd. SW.l Saturday, Oct. 25 and#8212; Hy-Vee Food Store, 20 Wilson Ave. SW.l Tuesday, Oct. 28 and#8212; Mount Mercy College, 1330 Elmhurst Dr. NE....
Iowa Chops: Des Moines’ new AHL team wins opener in front of ...
Found: 1 Day 20 Hours 59 Minutes ago
Des Moines Register - The Chops scored five unanswered goals Friday to skate to a 5-3 American Hockey League season-opening and franchise-christening win before an announced crowd of 4,496 at Wells Fargo Arena....
Talking fans in off the ledge
Found: 1 Day 23 Hours 17 Minutes ago
The Gazette - Larry from Bondurant was really mad at the Hawkeyes.It was last season after the Iowa State game, and he dialed into "Sound Off," the Iowa postgame call-in show on WHO-AM of Des Moines. Larry from Bondurant wanted to know why the Hawkeyes didn't blitz. When informed that Iowa did indeed blitz, Larry from Bondurant wanted to know why Iowa didn't blitz more aggressively.Larry from Bondurant wanted his pound of radio flesh. "Sound Off" co-host Jon Miller wasn't about to give it to him."Finally, I said, 'Oh, so you want them to call for the double-secret extra-aggressive blitz then?'" Miller said. "He didn't like that so well."Iowa's postgame radio shows are the front lines for Hawkeyes angst.Miller and longtime Iowa sports voice Jim Zable run the show for "Sound Off," which goes for more than three hours after the end of Iowa football broadcasts. In Cedar Rapids, WMT-AM talk show host Bob Bruce mans the "Golden Harvest Hawkeye Huddle," with former Hawkeye defensive back Eric Thigpen and WMT's Andy Petersen co-hosting.They take calls from the Larry from Bondurants of the state. They listen to Cyclone Billy (a Hawkeye fan posing as an Iowa State fan, a common theme) and Tommy from Des Moines.They feel your pain. They feel your joy. But they're not afraid to use the dump button if you decide to go blue on them."I want it to be a reasonably intelligent discussion of what happened on the football field an hour and a half before," Bruce said. "For the most part it is, but the world we live in means that whenever somebody loses there has to be a reason, there has to be finger-pointing."So what it has been for the last three weeks is a finger-pointing show."Oh, yeah, the last three weeks.The Hawkeyes (3-3, 0-2 Big Ten) go into Indiana (2-3, 0-2) today looking to snap a three-game losing streak. You've seen the games and you might have called into "Sound Off" and "The Golden Harvest." Iowa has lost the three games by a grand total of nine points.You've seen games. You're frustrated. The call-in shows are there for you to vent. Or celebrate, that's a possibility, too, you know."We typically let the callers drive the show," said Miller, who's in his fifth year on "Sound Off," "but that being said, we don't always agree. I'm going to quit saying we, I don't always agree and I'm not afraid to tell them that."Last week, one of the last callers to "Sound Off," right about 7 p.m., targeted Iowa defensive coordinator Norm Parker. The caller ranted. Iowa's bend-don't-break defense had to go. Parker had to go.Miller brought the facts.Out of Michigan State's 11 possessions, Miller asked the caller, how many three-and-outs he would you want out of Iowa's defense. The caller said three. Iowa had five."Thanks for calling," Miller said.These guys don't always have the Hawkeyes' backs, though.After the Pittsburgh game, Miller, a lifelong fan who owns and publishes "Hawkeye Nation" magazine and Web site, sounded off on "Sound Off.""I felt at the time that maybe there was some coaching was involved in that loss and I don't know that I felt that before," Miller said. "But I always try to temper myself with the realization that I'm not a football coach, so how could I know that for sure?"Bruce is also a fervent Hawkeye fan. He sports a Tiger Hawk tattoo on his left shoulder. He also understands it's easy to tear apart a Hawkeyes performance from the comfort of one's own living room."Coaches saw (quarterbacks) Jake Christensen and Ricky Stanzi in practice every day last year and this year, I didn't," Bruce said. "For me to come on the air and say one should be playing over the other, what do I base that on?"Instead of defending the program, what I do is say, 'These are highly paid coaches and clearly somebody believes they know what they're doing, so let's just let this play out.' And that's not the answer 95 percent of the people want to hear.""Sound Off" has Zabel, an optimist's optimist when it comes to the Hawkeyes. He's covered Iowa sports for more than 50 years. He did radio play-by-play for the 19 non-winning years Iowa endured before Hayden Fry revived the program. Zabel knows the bad days. By comparison, these are light years from the bad days."Jim describes himself as a terminal optimist," Miller said. "When the calls get negative, I try to take a timeout and ask Jim to tell me about the bad old days. He has lived it and is more optimistic."He sees the good in everything and everyone. We could all probably take a few cues from him on that."Thigpen, a Hawkeyes defensive back from 1994 through 1998, rides shotgun with Bruce on "The Golden Harvest." He's open about his love for Iowa football, but he's also a fan just like the show's callers.He wants callers to understand players are unpaid student-athletes. But he doesn't sugarcoat things, either....
Clinton boys take 3rd place
Found: 2 Days 32 Minutes ago
The Clinton Herald - MUSCATINE ?James Smith finished in ninth place and led the Clinton High boys cross country team to a third-place finish Thursday at the Muskie Classic....
Central DeWitt captures boys title
Found: 2 Days 36 Minutes ago
The Clinton Herald - DE WITT ?Only one spot separated Central DeWitt?s Frank Futselaar and Ryan Hamby at Thursday?s Saber Invita-tional boys cross country meet, but their opinions of the race couldn?t have been much different. They agreed on one thing, though: It was a great day for their team....
Maquoketa?s Miller receives
Found: 2 Days 43 Minutes ago
The Clinton Herald - DE WITT ?Trisha Miller admits that she lacks confidence on cross country courses. That seems hard to believe because of her success....
Injuries do not stop Muskies
Found: 2 Days 2 Hours 23 Minutes ago
Muscatine Journal - MUSCATINE, Iowa ?It?s a bad time of year for the Muskie cross country teams to be incurring injuries, but they had them just the same and the results were mixed at the Muskie Classic on Thursday at Discovery Park....
Golden Bears explode for win
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Algona Upper Des Moines - The visiting Bishop Garrigan Golden Bears obliterated the Newell-Fonda Mustangs Friday night erupting for 21 first quarter points, rushing for 365 yards and held the eighth ranked Mustangs to five first downs on the night....
R-U digs up 3-0 win over Aurelia
Found: 2 Days 4 Hours 25 Minutes ago
Le Mars Daily Sentinel - Remsen-Union had a successful outing Thursday evening as they went on the road to Aurelia and came home with a 3-0 sweep of the Bulldogs. The Lady Rockets started with a 25-22 win in game one, which......
Wolfpack hands Lady 'Dogs Lakes loss
Found: 2 Days 4 Hours 41 Minutes ago
Le Mars Daily Sentinel - Thursday's Lakes Conference match-up between Western Christian and Le Mars was a battle to the end. Unfortunately, the Class 2A No. 1 Wolfpack came out victorious on the Lady Bulldogs' turf,......
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