Religion and Sports Intersect in Modern Culture
The Dye sisters from Kennedy High School highlight faith influencing athletic life at Grand View College and beyond. Scholars debate whether religion guides big time sports or yields to industry and scandal, while groups like Fellowship of Christian Athletes expand across U.S. schools and professional avenues.
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Dye
Kennedy High School
Becky Dye
Grand View College
Des Moines
America
Shirl Hoffman
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Sports Outreach America
Fellowship of Christian
Don Hilkemeir
University of Iowa
Jim Goodrich
Iowa
Hilkemeir
Joseph Price
Whittier College
California
Unc-Greensboro
Hoffman
Chicago Bears
Mike Singletary
Christ
Czech descent mayor Serbousek to lead Cedar Rapids
Serbousek, a fourth term candidate with Czech heritage, wins Cedar Rapids mayoral race with 68.6 percent across all 43 precincts. He will serve the remaining 17 months of Don Canney’s term at a $1,000 weekly salary, while the city shows a sizable Czech population and a historically diverse leadership. Officials note Czech contributions to the community but stress governance over ethnicity as the defining factor.
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Cedar Rapids
John Rocarek
The
Czech Heritage Foundation
Don Canney
Wayne Murdock
Serbousek
Canney
Ascension
Fire at Parish Chemical plant in Utah continues into day two
A chemical firm fire in Parish Chemical Co. plant Orem Utah persisted into a second day making it hard to identify the burning material and its source. Firefighters used foam through a roof hole aided by an afternoon rain allowing ladder truck access. Police said it was unclear if foam helped quell the blaze. The blaze began Friday after a 20 gallon spill that prompted evacuations of 120 homes and businesses.
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Orem
Utah
Gerald Nielsen
Parish Chemical Co
Exercise time not tied to heart risk study finds
A 10 year study of 160000 hours of morning exercise and 85000 hours of evening exercise shows no significant link between workout time and heart attack risk. Among 20 minute warmups, 40 minutes of activity, and cool downs, morning sessions had 3 cardiac attacks per 100000 hours versus 2.3 per 100000 hours in the evening with all patients recovering. The total study size was not disclosed.
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Chicago
William Little
American Heart Association
Little
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
N.C
Association
Gerald Fletcher
Fletcher
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Federal Writers’ Project
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Linn County
T.M. Sinclair Meatpacking
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Czech Fine Arts Foundation Board of
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