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THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2009 80 HOURS Twenty-nine years of rocking Phoenix band Meat Puppets Renowned coach slain has been through drugs, death, and jail, but brothers Cris and Curt Kirkwood have By CHRIS CLARK in the school’s weight room. heart and soul of our com- records show Becker has Law-enforcement officers kept the music alive. 1B [email protected] He was 58. munity,” said Becky Walters, accumulated a criminal later took Becker to The suspected killer, 24- a Hawkeye volleyball player. record in numerous Iowa Covenant Hospital in Ed Thomas, the promi- year-old Mark Becker, was She has known Thomas counties. He has pleaded Waterloo for psychiatric nent Aplington-Parkers- a former player on Thomas’ since elementary school. guilty to such misde- evaluation, requesting they burg High-School football team; he faces a first- Even while in college, she meanors as assault, posses- be notified when he was coach known for training released. Officials weren’t four current NFL players degree murder charge. would call him during vis- sion of drug paraphernalia, According to police, Beck- its home for help with and drunk driving. Before notified when he left the and guiding hospital, however. He spent his small, er walked into the school’s weight lifting. Wednesday’s shooting, weight room around 7:47 Walters received news of Cedar Fall police were pre- the night at his parents’ rural Iowa home Tuesday,hours before a.m. and shot Thomas Thomas’ death through a pared to charge Becker for community the killing. “numerous times” with a text message from a friend a June 20 incident, in in its recov- Becker was arrested, SPORTS ery from handgun in front of dozens in Parkersburg. She knew which authorities were and charges for second- last-year’s of witnesses and students; his alleged killer, Becker, called to a residence in degree criminal mischief Remembering an decimating one bullet struck Thomas through the football team. Cedar Falls after he and eluding, both Class D tornado, was icon Thomas in the head. He was rushed “I liked him; he seemed allegedly broke several felonies, were still pending killed on to a Waterloo hospital, but like a good kid,” she said windows with a baseball Wednesday. Many across the football Wednesday coach he died a short time later. through tears. bat and drove his car community in the state of Iowa in a shooting “He was kind of like the Nevertheless, court through the garage door. SEE SHOOTING, 3 reflect on Aplington-Parkersburg legend Ed Thomas, who was slain Wednesday morning. 10A Kids tee off UI The Iowa Junior Golf Camp approaches its final day of action this week. Be sure to check out video and an exclusive photo slide show will from the camp at dailyiowan.com. 7A NEWS ‘blend’ Armed and ready Some students UI police are the only ones of may be able to the three regent-university forces to draw their weapons earn a UI degree since being allowed to carry next fall without them. 2A ever setting foot in Iowa City. A penny saved … Discover why dollar stores are By ALINA RUBEZHOVA doing well in the current econ- [email protected] omy. And why some people love shopping there. 5A Angela Crookshank, who graduated with an KC MCGINNIS/THE DAILY IOWAN associate’s degree from OPINIONS Materials for a cleaning validation test sit out at the UI Pharmaceuticals facility on Tuesday. Employees at the facility perform Des Moines Area Com- munity College in May, independent tests such as this one to ensure all materials are handled and cleaned properly. plans to teach at the col- No shots yet lege after completing a That UI police have yet to open UI degree. fire on a suspect is clear This fall, she may be the evidence that state officials first batch of the Des made the right choice in Moines school’s students arming the force. 4A Drug tester eyes expansion to do so without coming to UI Pharmaceuticals has expanded its have formalized relations, Iowa City. teaming up underneath the The Des Moines com- WEB BONUS facilities — and extended its family. UI Pharmaceuticals Devel- munity college has recent- opment Consortium. ly joined the UI’s list of • • Complete audio of Kirk By AMY MATTSON Institute. It produces The Oakdale expansion partner schools, offering [email protected] two “blended” programs — Ferentz’s statements about products both commercial- and consortium creation are featuring distance learn- Parkersburg coach Ed Thomas ly and for clinical trials. unrelated, Director Mickey UI Pharmaceuticals UI Pharmaceuticals is Wells said. But they repre- ing and on-campus discus- • An AP photo and audio slide officials have been looking developing additional labo- sent the new face of recently sions with UI instructors show from Parkersburg for more room — and ratory facilities at Oakdale renamed UI Pharmaceuti- — for students who have • Text of statements from more hands — to revital- Research Park. It has cals — a face he hopes will completed their associ- many, including Jaguar Brad ize production and revive snatched up the space from generate business. ate’s degrees. Meester, Packer Aaron its image. ASL Analytical, a local sci- “We’re trying to get the “[This program] is very good. It’s nice to be some- Kampman, Iowa State head A service division of the entific research company word out that we’re here,” where close to pursue my coach Paul Rhoads about UI College of Pharmacy, that vacated the property. he said, pointing to new degree,” Crookshank said. Thomas’ death the group manufactures, Now, with its new nest brochures and a The two degrees are called • Video footage and a photo tests, and develops drugs established, the group is redesigned website. Bachelor of Applied Studies slideshow of junior golf camp for clients — including the looking to line it by recruit- Furthermore, laboratory and Bachelor of Liberal Stud- Centers for Disease Con- ing pharmacy-school faculty. relocation aims to draw ies. They are intended for stu- trol and Prevention, Food Though UI Pharmaceuti- employees closer together — ON THE RECORD and Drug Administration, cals and faculty have previ- and National Cancer ously collaborated, the pair SEE DRUGS, 3 SEE DEGREES, 3 Insights and information from inside today’s The Daily Iowan. “The simplest way to say it is that if you had a son, you’d want Ed to be his football coach,” said Phil Lebo, a former football coach at Grundy Center about his fellow Class 1A Hancher hires new programming head coach Ed Thomas. “He taught young men how to grow up to be men. Not only in football, but in life. He was a student of He only ever saw Hancher Auditorium after the flood, but the game, and a great person.” Jacob Yarrow still wants the job as programming director. • Read more discussion of Ed Thomas’ legacy. 10 By EMILY MELVOLD move into. the country. [email protected] “It is neat to hear every- Hancher Executive Direc- WEATHER one’s high regard for Hanch- tor Charles Swanson led the When Jacob Yarrow, the er, and not only in Iowa City, group, which selected five executive director of the but in the finalists to tour the campus 88 68 Garth Newel Music Center in national art and interview last month. Bath County, Va., came to 31C 20C community, The committee members Iowa City last week, he asked too,” said made the final decision, local waiters and cashiers Yarrow.He which Swanson approved, UI Mostly cloudy, light breezes, what they thought of Hanch- applied in spokesman Tom Moore said. 40% chance of er. Unaware of his new title January, Just before Memorial Day rain/T-storms. — Hancher programming responding to weekend, as Yarrow was director — they gave candid an ad for the Yarrow trekking up the hill from his responses full of pride and position. At house to his office, he received LINDSEY WALTERS/THE DAILY IOWAN INDEX new director As the sun sets Wednesday, an empty Hancher sits near the river. The love for the organization. the UI, a the news that he had Arts 1B Opinions 4A It is one reason he applied committee of received the job. UI has named Jacob Yarrow, the executive director of the Garth Newel Classifieds 8A Sports 10A for the job, even though the six was formed to pore over Music Center in Bath County, Va., to be new programming director of Crossword 6A program has no building to 100 applications from across SEE HANCHER, 3 Hancher. 2A - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Thursday, June 25, 2009 News dailyiowan.com for more news The Daily Iowan UI police have yet Volume 141 Issue 14 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. 335-5788 Editor: Fax: 335-6297 Kelsey Beltramea. 335-6030 to shoot at suspects CORRECTIONS Managing Editor: Call: 335-6030 Bryce Bauer. 335-5855 Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: Zhi Xiong. 335-6063 accuracy and fairness in the report- UI police are the only university police in the state Regina Zilbermints. 335-6063 Armed and ready ing of news. 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