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THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 The Daily Iowan Monday, July 2, 2007 dailyiowan.com 50¢ INSIDE Iowa City rocks out — and bebops in — during the 17th annual Jazz Festival. Vets get Into the swing of summer involved Veterans support different Republican Keg sales tapped candidates for out Iowa’s keg-registration law various reasons. went into effect Sunday. State, Page 7 BY CHRISTOPHER PATTON Haluska sees THE DAILY IOWAN work ahead All of the 2008 presidential- nomination hopefuls have While excited about his made their support for Ameri- selection in last week’s NBA draft, former Hawkeye Adam ca’s troops abundantly clear. Haluska knows there is Now, some candidates are hold- plenty of work to do. ing up their veteran followers Sports, Back Page as proof the troops also support them. David Redlawsk, a UI associ- C’ville kicks off ate professor of political sci- July 4 celebration ence, was not surprised candi- dates are paying special atten- 4thFest, Coralville’s tion to veterans. celebration of America’s “For candidates, it’s a good birthday, is in the middle of thing any time a group the its five-day run. public views positively comes City, Page 2 out as supporting them,” he said. “Veterans are a group peo- Walthall meant ple find particularly attrac- tive.” to be Stan Gustafson served with New Hawkeye men’s basket- a rifle company in Vietnam ball assis- Wesley Cropp/The Daily Iowan from 1966-67. tant Chad Jazz legend Airto Moreira does a one-man improvisational song during the June 29 performance with Eyedentity at the Main Stage of the Iowa Now, he is Walthall dis- City Jazz Festival. Moreira has been a huge part of the jazz scene for some time, playing with such jazz royalty as Miles Davis and Jaco Pastorius. chairing cusses how The group gave homage to Pastorius by playing one of the songs he wrote. For more photos of this past weekends event, visit dailyiowan.com. Republican he got to hopefull Rudy Iowa in the BY SHAJIA AHMAD Some festival- Giuliani’s cam- first of the ‘Several times I’ve gotten stopped and thanked. THE DAILY IOWAN goers unfolded paign in Madi- DI’s three- Hearing that positive feedback makes it all worth it.’ their lawn son County. part coach- The cool breeze Sunday chairs under Having ing staff —Audrey Burglund, Redlawsk Walthall afternoon carried a blended Summer of the Arts operations coordinator the trees on the All that served in a series. mixture of smooth saxophone Pentacrest, UI political- new basketball jazz shooting war is Sports, while others science associate coach and reggae beats up and down Watch Robert not Gustafson’s Back Page welcomed the professor the streets of downtown Iowa In its 17th year, the Iowa City Airto Moreira, Don Byron Plays Dopf’s video only foreign- sun as they City. Down the culinary rows Jazz Festival brought close to Junior Walker, and the Derek from this past policy-related Veteran danced in front on Clinton Street and Iowa 25,000 people together for three Trucks Band. weekend’s experience, he supporters Harleys for of the Main Avenue, the sweet smell of days of free local and out-of- Several local and regional annual Jazz said. He also Three more veter- Stage on humanity funnel cakes wafted amid town music, officials said. Sev- jazz bands played on three Festival at attended high ans explain why Sunday. During an inaugural “poker artists selling their beaded eral eclectic and high-energy street stages between the dailyiowan.com school in Tehran, they support run,” motorcyclists traveled bracelets and croaking wooden Iran’s capital, Democratic hope- bands headlined this year’s fes- larger acts, generating a con- fuls Joe Biden, 110 miles to raise money for frogs. tival, including Brazilian-based stant rhythm for the crowd. SEE JAZZ FEST, PAGE 3 while his father John Edwards, Habitat for Humanity. served in the and Hillary State, Page 7 U.S. State Rodham Clinton Department. His in Tuesday’s DI. There’s a rat in time in Iran has Garden of different delights given him valu- the kitchen able insight into Middle Eastern culture, he said. Ratatouille, Pixar’s newest Dave Campbell, a co-owner of Adelyn’s Garden, animation creation, succeeds “With 9/11, Giuliani has seen thanks to adult-sized themes offers wide variety of exotic, uncommon products. the face of terror up close,” he and youthful visuals. said. “The war on terror is the Arts & Culture, Page 5 BY BRIAN STEWART garden,” Campbell said. vendors often have,” such as can- big issue of our time.” THE DAILY IOWAN After retiring from the U.S. taloupe and tomatoes, he said. Unlike the North Viet- Geological Survey, where he “Why compete with that? namese in the Vietnam War, The incompetent Farmers’ Market vendor Dave worked for more than 30 years, Instead, we went looking for edge Gustafson said, the terrorists many Campbell has had roots planted in he purchased the land across products and took to growing in this war will come to the the Iowa City area since childhood. the road from his boyhood home Asian vegetables.” United States and strike again Both baseball and govern- Campbell, who grew up on a The Campbells’ weekly selec- if it retreats from fighting over- ment are democracies riven in 2001 and began gardening. farm just west of Tiffin, now tion includes such items as seas. by failure, writes columnist The summer of 2002 marked his daikon — long, white, Japanese “Giuliani will stay on the Andrew Swift. owns and operates Adelyn’s Gar- first time at the Iowa City Farm- den, nestled directly across High- radishes — arugula, honey, and offensive in the war on terror, Opinions, Page 4 GOING TO THE MARKET ers’ Market, where he has specialty eggplants, including a way 6 from his childhood home and that’s what has to happen,” Every Monday, The Daily Iowan remained a familiar face ever multicolored white and purple he said. “If you have the power plans to bring the reader an where his late mother, for whom since. variety. Purple Peruvian pota- intimate, slice-of-the-Iowa-City- his business is named after, was Campbell and wife Kathy toes, which hold their color longer and don’t use it, the terrorists dailyiowan.com Farmers’-Market life, down to the an avid gardener. Campbell decided when they when cooked, are also offered. will fill the vacuum.” oh-so-good last bite. “She pretty much always had a formed Adelyn’s Garden not to garden and raised us on that grow the “standard things other SEE FARMERS’ MARKET, PAGE 3 SEE VETS, PAGE 3 For photos, video, audio, blogs, and more, check us out online at: dailyiowan.com Sound (and video) of music Check out dailyiowan.com for video from last weekend’s Jazz Festival. WEATHER Mostly sunny, breezy © 86 30 C 68 20 C © INDEX Arts 5A Opinions 4A Classifieds 9A Sports 12B Crossword 6A 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, July 2, 2007 News dailyiowan.com for more local news The Daily Iowan Coralville jumps into 4thFest Volume 139 Issue 21 BREAKING NEWS STAFF Phone: (319) 335-6063 Publisher: E-mail: [email protected] William Casey. .335-5788 One day just isn’t enough time to celebrate independence, Fax: 335-6184 Editor: Jason Brummond. .335-6030 CORRECTIONS Managing Editor: Iowa City’s neighbor to the west says. Call: 335-6030 Brittany Volk. .335-5855 BY BEN TRAVERS Policy: The Daily Iowan strives for Metro Editors: THE DAILY IOWAN accuracy and fairness in the reporting Erika Binegar. .335-6063 of news. If a report is wrong or mis- Ray Mattson. 335-6063 To Coralville residents, the leading, a request for a correction or a Opinions Editor: clarification may be made. Jon Gold. .335-5863 Fourth of July is more than one Sports Editor: day spent recognizing independ- PUBLISHING INFO Charlie Kautz. .335-5848 ence — it’s a five-day The Daily Iowan (USPS 143.360)is Arts Editors: celebration. published by Student Publications Inc., Soheil Rezayazdi. .335-5851 The city’s annual 4thFest E131 Adler Journalism Building, Iowa Vanessa Veiock. .335-5851 extravaganza, scheduled to last City, Iowa 52242-2004, daily except Copy Chief: Saturdays, Sundays, legal and universi- Beau Elliot. .335-6030 through the Fourth, features Design Editor: concerts, a carnival, a 25th- ty holidays, and university vacations. Maggie Voss. .335-6030 annual parade, fireworks, and Periodicals postage paid at the Iowa Graphics Editor: more. City Post Office under the Act of Dylan Salisbury. .335-6030 After a 5K Walk/Run on June Congress of March 2, 1879. Photo Editor: 30, festivities kicked off Sunday SUBSCRIPTIONS Ben Roberts. .335-5852 Web Editor: afternoon in the Coralville Call: Pete Recker at 335-5783 E-mail: [email protected] Tony Phan. .335-5829 Community Aquatic Center Business Manager: parking lot, across from City Subscription rates: Debra Plath. .335-5786 Hall. A Ferris wheel, carousel, Iowa City and Coralville: $20 for one Advertising Manager: water slide, and plenty of food semester, $40 for two semesters, $10 Cathy Witt. .335-5794 for summer session, $50 for full year. and game stands filled the Classified Ads Manager: Out of town: $40 for one semester, space. Tickets for rides range Cristine Perry. .335-5784 $80 for two semesters, $15 for summer Circulation Manager: from $1 each to $20 for a strand session, $95 all year. Pete Recker. .335-5783 of 18. Day Production Manager: At 5 p.m. today, S.T. Morrison Send address changes to: The Daily Heidi Owen.