Archive - 2010

Doris Jane (Leigh) Whiting, 91, of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, at St. Luke’s Hospital. At her request there was no visitation and no service. Burial was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery.
Survivors include her stepson, William J. (Carol) Whiting of Cedar Rapids; her brother-in-law, Duane (Jeanette) Whiting of Ely; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a brother, Robert Leigh.

Arlene M. Griffith, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center. Services were Friday, Feb. 26, at the Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Entombment was at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation was at the Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home on Thursday, Feb. 25.

Boyd Chester Coleson, 82, of Manchester, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home. Mass of resurrection was Tuesday, Feb. 23, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Manchester, with the Rev. John Flaherty as celebrant. Interment with military rites followed at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Manchester. Visitation was Monday at Leonard-Muller Funeral Home & Crematory, Manchester, and also Tuesday at the church.

IOWA CITY– Iowa finished their home stand with a 73-57 win over Indiana last Sunday but lost to Northwestern at Evanston.
I don’t know what to say about the men’s 74-57 loss to the Wildcats last Thursday.
In Iowa’s first game against the 'Cats in Iowa City they might have played their best game of the year.
The Hawks jumped out to a 35-22 lead at half and won 78-65.
Iowa shot 50 percent from the floor, 50 percent from 3-point range, won the rebound battle, 36-28, and had four players in double-figures.

American social habits are confusing sometimes. We ask people how they are but don't want to hear the truth. We expect a pleasant, predictable answer of three words or less. “Fine, thanks,” usually does it. If we actually try telling the person how we feel, their eyes glaze over or wander off to somebody else and we find we are basically talking to ourselves because no one is actually listening. You can usually tell, by their response, that they're not interested because they'll say something totally unrelated.