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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 2009
Page
19
Lowe's will end its 11 year contract as title sponsor of Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord North Carolina. The $35 million deal expires at year end and the track's future name is uncertain with speculation it may become Charlotte Motor Speedway.
New Mexico Court of Appeals declines to adopt the baseball rule shielding stadiums from liability. The ruling allows a lawsuit by a boy’s parents against the Albuquerque Isotopes and the city to proceed in state district court. The decision frames immunities as not justified by public policy.
Jake Christensen, a three year quarterback from Iowa, reported for fall camp at Eastern Illinois on Thursday. He started as a sophomore at Iowa but lost the job to Ricky Stanzi after an early season battle and transferred.
Iowa enters 2009 with Derrell Johnson-Koulianos and Colin Sandeman sharing the No 2 wide receiver spot behind converted QB Marvin McNutt. Johnson-Koulianos has been the team's leading receiver the last two seasons with 82 career receptions. The Gazette notes the depth chart is fluid with 25 days before game prep and several veterans around at wideout.
Orlan Love reports a 655 mile Mississippi River voyage by Douglas Elsbury and his son Spencer 14 that forged a tighter bond through highs of river scenery and new friendships and lows of harassment by drunken boaters and a sandbar grounding. They started July 26 at Palisades-Kepler State Park Cedar River and traveled with camping gear toward Hannibal and Nauvoo with visits to locals and the Logsdons before a Keokuk lock delay ended the trip awaiting approval for the lock passage.
ESPN will air Aplington Parkersburg home opener against Duke New Hartford on August 28 as part of ongoing coverage of the Parkersburg tornado recovery and the Ed Thomas murder. The network described the project as a rare opportunity to tell a broader story of a community and its coach. Mark Becker, 24, faces a $1 million bond after being charged with Thomas’s shooting. Thomas, a legendary coach, won 292 games and two state titles.
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