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Eastern Illinois University The Keep July 2003 7-28-2003 Daily Eastern News: July 28, 2003 Eastern Illinois University Follow this and additional works at: http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_jul Recommended Citation Eastern Illinois University, "Daily Eastern News: July 28, 2003" (2003). July. 8. http://thekeep.eiu.edu/den_2003_jul/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the 2003 at The Keep. It has been accepted for inclusion in July by an authorized administrator of The Keep. For more information, please contact [email protected]. "Tell the truth July2s.2oo3 • M 0 N DAY and don't be afraid.· VOLUME 87 . NUMBER 162 TH ED AIL YEASTERN NEWS .COM NASA teams up THE DAILY with Eastern NASA studies breast cancer on campus. EASTERN NEWS Page 5 VERGE Area attractions draw the masses By Angela Harris and a half years. Melvins associ NEWS EDITOR ate, Sadie the clown was also busy giving out balloons for smiles. Mattoon's annual Bagefest pro G lenda Owens has attended the vided an array of entertainment bagelfest ever since it started this weekend. Spectators were except for last year when her treated to a carnival full of rides grandaughter had a softball tourna and games, food ment. venders and Jive Owens spoke entertainement. of the bagelfest Even the younger moving to crowds got involved Peterson Park. as children joyfully " I t's cooler anticipated the down here, but I mounting the carni think it had a valrides, grabbing bigger crowd some snacks and when it was on even playing at the Broadway. I park p layground. think the enter Brenda Fidler, a tainment is Mattoon nativesaid, much better "I carne for the kids down here, it and the rides, and I was on the hot come every year." ........ street down- Some visitors town it was real attended the previ ly hot," Owens ous days events said. downtown including Highlights of Scott VanHyfte who the bagelfest said his family had included the attended the parade annual bagel on Friday and that CASf YC ARR Ol/PHOTOf OITOR baby contest at this was his f'rrst day TOO Mattooo Fie llepimrt was in attendm. the Cross of the event. County mall on VanHyfte said, "actu- Thursday ally we've been coming for the past night. couple years." On Saturday morning was the Melvin the clown, from the world's largest bagel breakfast on Weste friends clown show, made Broadway which served up thou and gav e out balloons. says they sands of bagels; the talent show, give out balloons to the kids. bow wow contest and country "You can never put a dollar on a music performers all filled the Sade 1M ckMn ertertails }WI! at Pele!soo Pn i1 Matlooo Sablday as Mattooo'sBa~ COII1!S to an end. smile." Weste Friends Clown Show Saturday events at the Bagelfest. has been an organization for three PHOTOP RO YIO[OB YC ARlAS MITH Areaiy li1ois OOrronslrata' Soil and water sponsors air tour was ooe of1M mrry attrw;tioos at Cdes Cwrty F~r By Kimberlee Boise STA FF WR ITER Kids young and old flew for the first time Saturday at the annual Air lbur at the Coles County Airport. "I thought that I would bring my grandson out to see his house and my farm," said Clifton Cole, a vet eran of the annual air tour. "I hope to bring my older chil dren out here some year and show them the farm just north of Charleston that I grew up on, • Cole sald . "It was an adrenaline rush,· said Coles County Fair now open David Cole, also a first time flier,· It was neat to see things from a dif ferent angle. • The tour is put on by the Coles By Angela Harris The quilt is being made by volun County Soil and Water NEWS EDITOR teers at Lincoln Log Cabin where Conservation District. you can watch and It wlll be given The tour was originally started away at the Fall Frollc. so that area farmers could go up In The oldest continuous fair In Many articles In the Curiosity one of the smaller airplanes and Illinois since 1854 opened Sunday exhibit included wildebeast, look down on their crops and land. with quite a crowd showing up for warthog, a bear supposedly " We have been doing this for food, rides and exhibits including caught by Daniel Boone, and aproxlmately 15-20 years," said the Reality Road Show. other taxidermy. A 100 year old Nancy Pals a resource conserva Reality Illinois, sponsored by chinese brick of tea and other tionist. " This event used to attract PHO TOB YC ASf YC ARRO t/PHOTOf OITOR the Illinois Department of Public aged real and not so real articles 200 but these days we usually get Ciftoo Coe ~ Mattooo rxl gaiKison David Cde ~ Alma HEw krIll! mt tine tlis weekerxl at 1M mal ar Health, is funded by the settle can be found at the exhibit. Alot of about 75 people.• ment money that was paid to each the taxidermy and articles were " I have been flying this event tru ~by 1M caes Cwrty S!il rx~ Water Cooservation Dslfd state from the tobacco compa bought by Tom Vance, a park for the past seven years. There are nies. Carla Smith, a representa ranger, from all around the coun people that come back three or anywhere In Coles county. People ly pretty, • said Keigley. tive of reality Illlnois, spoke of the try. For more Information about four times In the same day.· said like to look at the country side, They charged $20 for 20 min program saying "we target Lincoln Log Cabin, you can log on one of the pilots. The pilots typi campus, the lake, or go over their utes and In the end they break out teenagers between the ages of 13 to www.lincolnlogcabin.org or cally give 20 -25 rides apiece. own houses. The event attracts a even. "We don't gain any money and 18, against smoking." "The call345-1845. " This event attracts kids as lot of people that come Into town from this," said Pals. program is led by kids.· For more At the fair bam, Information young as three on up through 90.• for Bagelfest. "This Is an event to get the Information you can log on to tables are already setting up said Pals. " There have been peo "It was awesome, " said Lana Conservation District's name out www.realityilllnols.com or call including one with FS ethanol ple that come In year after year. A Keigley, a first time flier, "It was and to entertain people In the area 1-866-QUIT-YES. stickers, Secretary of State lot of people are first time fliers nothing like riding on a commer for the day. It's really a good deal, • Another exhibit at the fair office, and polltical Information and get scared, but then they land cial plane." Pals said. includes The Curiosity Show for the Democrats and and want to go right back up.• "It feels Uke everything is going sponsored by Lincoln Log Cabin Republlcans. The fair, In Its 150th There are two to five airplanes In slow motion underneath you, but State Park, where you can also year, will continue though that take people out to look over you are going at 135 mph, Its real- buy tickets for a handmade quilt. Saturday, August 2. Today Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Saturday Sunday Thunderstorms Partly cloudy Partly cloudy Partly cloudy ll! \}, = •- PAGE . :D- :g. Monday, ~78° 590 81° soo 83 640 86 65° 82° 65° 84° 66° 86° 66° July 28, 2003 TWO HIGH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HI GH LOW HIGH LOW HIGH LOW HI GH LOW U.S. hunts for Saddam near Tigris TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - American forces Mahmud, who was No. 4 on the U.S. list of commander of U.S. ground forces In Iraq, expected, the official said. focused their hunt for Saddam Hussein most-wanted Iraqis, controlled all access to and planned to leave Monday. The bodies of Saddam's sons remained around his Tigris River hometown and Saddam. He and Qusai Hussein, one of The military said it had no further infor unclaimed at the American base at Baghdad reported a near-miss Sunday In a raid to cap Saddam's son, were believed to be the only mation on the 2:35 a.m. attack that killed the International Airport. Iraq's American ture his new chief ofsecu rity - and perhaps two people trusted with knowledge of U.S. soldier. The death brought to 48 the backed Governing Council said it was dis the ousted dictator himself. A U.S. soldier Saddam's whereabouts. number of U.S. forces killed in combat In cussing with U.S. authorities what to do with was killed south of Baghdad, the latest death The U.S. military also had mounted a mis Iraq since President Bush declared major the corpses. in a spike of guerrilla attacks. sion to get Saddam on Thesday In Mosul combat over on May 1. According to Islamic tradition, the broth lfoops of the 4th Infantry Division, acting after killing Qusai and his brother, Odai, a So far, 163 U.S. soldiers have died In Iraq, ers should have been buried the same day on tips from Informants, hit three farms in military source familiar with the operation 16 more than were killed in the 1991 Gulf they were killed In a shootout. the Tlkrit region In a pre-dawn attack but told the AP.