Iowa City skater Kirkpatrick debuts at Turin World University Games
Iowa City West High School graduate Kirkpatrick, from Hills, skated for the United States in the 500 1000 and 1500 meters and 5000 meter relay at the World University Games in Turin Italy. He described the crowd as enormous and loud while staying in the Olympic Village and soaking in Olympic facilities for a valuable education despite not reaching finals.
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Jeff Johnson
Kirkpatrick
Iowa City West
Hills
Turin
Italy
Italia
United States
Iowa speedskater Levi Kirkpatrick aims for 2010 Olympics
Levi Kirkpatrick, 20, a Hills speedskater and sophomore at Northern Michigan University, trains hours daily at the U.S. Olympic Education Center affiliation. He aims to place top 10 at the 2007 U S National Short Track Championships in Cleveland Heights and pursue Vancouver 2010. He started with the Iowa Speedskating Association where weekly sessions cost 8 dollars with loaner skates and instruction available.
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Levi Kirkpatrick
Ocle Trimble
Kirkpatrick
Northern Michigan Uni
Versity
Marquette
Mich
U.S. Olympic Education Center
Vancouver
British Columbia
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
U.S
Small pocket pairs divide poker pros in risk and style
T J Cloutier explains why he avoids small pairs. He recalls a Bellagio hand where a $100 raise risked big losses and a four of a kind beat a queen pair, illustrating why he sticks to what he knows and avoids cheap flops with small pairs.
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T.J
Cloutier
Poker Hall of Fame
Las Vegas
Bellagio
Texas
First Saturn View Brightest Ringed Planet in 2007
Astronomy notes Saturn’s best show of 2007 is underway as it sits about 762 million miles away opposite the Sun. It rises at sunset, shines at magnitude 6 through February, and outshines Regulus in Leo by about three times, making the ringed planet a prominent telescope sight tonight.
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Saturn
Regulus
Astronomy
Winter Iowa Games At Cedar Rapids This Weekend
Winter weather brings men’s basketball at Kirkwood Community College and adult ice hockey plus age-group figure skating at Cedar Rapids Ice Arena. Public skating altered by competitions with no skating today and Sunday 3 30 to 5 30 pm. Call 398 6100 for details. Check iowagames org for schedules.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Iowagames
Great Florida Birding Trail Complete with 446 Sites
The state completed The Great Florida Birding Trail linking 446 viewing sites across 2000 miles of roadways. Fort De Soto Park near St. Petersburg serves as a major gateway for the West Florida section and hosts nearly 300 of Florida's 497 native species year round.
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Tierra Verde
Fla
BRP to Launch Spyder Three Wheeler Between Motorcycle and ATV
Transportation notes report Bom bardier Recreational Products introducing the Spyder, a three wheeler with two front wheels and one rear wheel seating two. The company promotes it as the next dimension in open road riding amid declining snowmobile and personal watercraft sales.
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Montreal
Bombardier Recreational Products
BRP
Heartland SC U14 Scorpions players earn Iowa 93O DP honor
Cedar Rapids youths from Heartland Soccer Club U14 Scorpions receive Iowa 93 Boys Olympic Development Program selections. Tanner Riley earns Region I team spot and invitation to the U14 National Team Identification Camp among listed teammates Brady Anderson Brandon Besong Tyler Cruikshank Eric Estrada Ben Feltes Josh Munn Charlie Parks and Kip Webb.
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Cedar Rapids
Heartland Soccer Club
U14 Scorpions
Iowa 93
Tanner Riley
Ul4
Brady Anderson
Brandon Besong
Tyler Cruikshank
Eric Estrada
Ben Feltes
Josh Munn
Charlie Parks
Kip Webb
Calendar of February basketball tournaments across Iowa
A compact calendar lists multiple boys and girls tournaments from Feb 16 through Feb 25 in Davenport Hiawatha Wellman Maquoketa Delmar Decorah and other towns. Ages range from grades 3-8 with varied entry fees, contact numbers, and organizers like booster clubs AAU teams and districts.
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Davenport
Independence Junior Mustangs
Vinton
Hiawatha
Mid-Prairie Booster Club
Wellman and Katona
Marion Booster Club
Cardinal
Maquoketa
Delmar
Sigourney
West Burlington Athletic Boosters
Oelwein
Marion
C.R. Bulldogs
Decorah Viking Athletic Booster Club
Anamosa Booster Club
Junior Warrior
C.R. Washington
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Madison
Wis
Iowa Speedskating Association
Gazettecommunications.com
Jeans
Fourth Street
Fifth Street
Hearts
Steve Rosenbloom
Chicago Tribune
L.R
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