TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2009 SPORTS UI wary Tucker, Payne of shine in Prime Time playoffs Iowa guards Anthony Tucker and Cully Payne both delivered borer victories for their Prime Time teams during playoff action By KIF RICHMANN Monday in North Liberty. 12 [email protected] Ferentz inks new According to UI officials, there are 600 to 700 ash contract trees on the UI campus, Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz’s amounting to almost 10 new deal is official, and it will percent of the campus trees. keep him in Iowa City through And they may be at risk of the 2015 football season. 12 falling victim to the emer- NEWS ald ash borer, an exotic LINDSEY WALTERS/THE DAILY IOWAN Asian beetle that has Online exposure UI arborist Andy Dahl uses a chain saw to cut down the trunk of a dead sugar maple behind the old Art Museum on Monday. The tree, which destroyed ash trees in bor- Dahl estimated to be 55 years old, was killed by last summer’s flood. dering states. UI Student Government Andy Dahl, the aborist members are revamping their for the UI old website to increase campus, visibility and student input. 2 said UI fac- Breaking the ulty and local offi- silence A man of the woods cials have An influential medical journal been moni- recently changed its policy toring the about conflict-of-interest com- situation, Graves plaints. UI officials say it does Ringed by years of experience, timber holds a tender spot in arborist’s ticker. but right executive director not affect the university. 3 now, it is a By TYLER LYON matter of Flood fiction [email protected] “wait and see.” In Mary Swander’s poem, a “There may be some here; mother and daughter stranded The early morning sun we just don’t know it,” he on a roof find out about their shone over the old Art said. One of the problems entangled affairs. 7 Museum through the with monitoring emerald leaves of the sugar ash borer is damage to an ARTS & CULTURE maples fortunate enough infected tree may not show to survive the 2008 flood. for three to five years. Iowa’s poet laureate However, the tree taken Harry Graves, the execu- at Prairie Lights down by UI arborist tive director of the Johnson Andy Dahl Monday was- County Conservation Mary Swander, a Writers’ n’t so lucky. Board, said local officials Workshop graduate and the Sawdust flew through have implemented tech- poet laureate for Iowa, heads the air as he took its niques to reduce risks and to Prairie Lights tonight to branches off with a chain identify any potential read from her latest work, Girls saw one by one while stand- threats. These techniques on the Roof. 5 ing in a cherry picker. Fel- include sentinel trees, low arborist Mike Rhine- SEE EMERALD, 6 OPINIONS hart threw each limb into the wood chipper. Get out and vote Dahl, 38, said his affec- Our city government system is tion for arboriculture rubs confusing, but in order for it to off on his family. So much LINDSEY WALTERS/THE DAILY IOWAN work, we all have to be active. 4 so, his children’s early UI arborist Andy Dahl cuts down the remaining branches of a sugar maple behind the old Art Museum vocabulary reflected on Monday. Dahl is one of three arborists for the university. WEB BONUS his work. “My first daughter’s • Read the full text of Kirk first word was ‘tree,’ ” he usually don’t grow here.” thing, but people’s ON THE WEB Ferentz’s new contract. said. “So I know He and the other safety is the most For another look at UI • See more photos from the she’s mine.” arborists often recom- important.” arborist Andy Dahl’s life, Hawkeye volleyball camp. Dahl, who has worked mend changes in the type However, Dahl said, last check out • Watch a video of UI arborists as an arborist for the uni- of trees on campus, he year’s flood forced him dailyiowan.com for a going about their daily rou- versity for 10 years, said said. And that’s not and the other arborists to photo slide show and video. tines and check out a slide he enjoys his job because always fun — it means cut down more of the uni- “We’ve taken down show of photos. he works with trees all cutting down those that versity’s trees. UI Facili- about 120 trees that we • Listen to two tracks from day, whether it’s planting are dead. ties Management grounds normally wouldn’t have” Portugal.TheMan: “Lovers in them or trimming them. “It’s not taken lightly,” supervisor Shawn Fitz- because of the flood, Love” and “People Say.” “You get to do it all,” he he said, “Some of these patrick said the university Dahl said. trees are like old friends. has 7,000 trees on the • Listen to the Fiery Furnances said, “You get to have fun To see them go, it’s a sad Iowa City campus. SEE ARBORIST, 6 “The End is Near.” planting new species that ON THE RECORD Insights and information from inside today’s The Daily Iowan. “We’re focused on being 100 Area bank robbed, the third this month percent self-sustained, using no tax dollars,” Athletics Feds’ advice Director Gary Barta said. “We’re After the third bank robbery in The advice the FBI gives bank very fortunate that we have Johnson County this month, employees about bank donors who are willing to con- robberies includes the following: tribute, and we’re able to take experts say it’s difficult to prevent our television revenue and our • Never open a bank alone. corporate sponsorship revenue, such crimes from occurring. • Be aware of surroundings (e.g., people) when opening a bank. and we’re able to pull that off.” By ABE TEKIPPE had displayed a handgun • Comply with robbers’ demands. • Read more about football [email protected] and demanded cash. coach Kurt Ferentz’s new con- • Activate alarms if possible. The bank immediately • Get the robber(s) out of the tract. 12 An armed man report- closed; representatives edly robbed American building as soon as possible, lock declined to comment. Bank & Trust on Monday the door, and notify authorities. WEATHER Authorities at the local morning, becoming at Source: FBI and national levels say it least the third such inci- is difficult to prevent 75 59 dent in Johnson County sive and may be off-put- this month. such crimes. DAVID SCRIVNER/THE DAILY IOWAN 24C 15C ting to customers, Rein- At 9:05 a.m., Iowa City “As much as you’d like A flag blows in the breeze outside American Bank & Trust on Monday. to fortify a bank, it’s just hold said. The bank was reportedly robbed by an armed man on Monday police received a call “If you build a fortress, Mostly cloudy, 50% chance about a suspicious per- not a feasible thing to do,” morning. you’re probably going to of rain/T-storms. son lingering in the area Ed Reinhold, the assis- Reinhold said the FBI activating alarms if possi- of the bank, 551 West- tant special agent in end up with fewer cus- works with banks to edu- ble, and getting the robber bury Drive. charge of the FBI’s Mid- tomers, because it won’t cate employees about out of the building as soon Two minutes later, an west office in Omaha, told be welcoming to them,” INDEX what they should do dur- as possible, locking the employee at the bank The Daily Iowan. he said. 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