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By Jessica Opoien Daily Staff Writer A gnameless gnome has arrived at Reiman Gardens — and he won’t be do- ing any roaming anytime soon. Reiman Gardens is now the home of the tallest gnome in the United States, as part of the Gardens’ 2010 theme, “A Celebration of Garden Ornamentation.” He arrived Fri- day, after a 400-mile journey from Wausau, Wis. “He looks like he kind of be- longs here,” said Reiman Gardens director Teresa McLaughlin of the 15-foot, nearly 3,500-pound creature. McLaughlin explained that during a brainstorming session for the Gardens’ “Garden Ornamen- tation” theme, employees discussed ways to attract visitors, especially during tough financial times. One employee suggested they build the largest gnome in the world. Reiman Gardens employees discovered that the previous tallest gnome in the Unit- ed States is 13.5 feet tall, so they decided to have a 15-foot gnome created. They com- municated with Guinness World Records and were determined to set a record. However, much to the dismay of Rei- man Gardens, about a month ago, it was discovered that an 18-foot gnome resides in Poland. Poland’s gnome is made of fiberglass, which leaves the Gardens’ gnome as the tallest concrete gnome in the world. The gnome, built by Andy and Connie Kautza, owners of National Rock and Sculp- ture, Inc. of Wausau, Wis., is constructed from concrete and rebar, a reinforcing steel bar. And, keeping with Reiman Gardens’ commitment to the environment, it is com- pletely sustainable. Iowa State has a pre-existing connection to gnomes — McLaughlin mentioned that one of the marketing managers for Trav- elocity, known for its Roaming Gnome, is an ISU graduate. Reiman Gardens is currently accept- ing suggestions to name its gnome, and McLaughlin said they have received about 60 already. The name will be revealed April 22, during the Gardens’ Earth Day celebra- tion. Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Wendy Wintersteen and Mayor Ann Campbell will be in attendance for a tree planting, bag lunch and preview party. The giant gnome won’t be the only bearded creature in the Gardens on April 22. Unpainted concrete gnomes from the same mold as the giant gnome were sent to $1000 Rebate * * College Grads 2212 S. Duff • scionofames.com • 800-232-4081 2010 Scion xB Pure Price $16,520 April 13 2010, Volume 204 >> Number 136 >> 40 cents >> iowastatedaily.com >> An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890 TUESDAY By Whitney Sager Daily Staff Writer While some students may be running to get to class on time, on April 19 a business stu- dent will be running for a differ- ent reason — 1,155 miles away. Steve Arntson, senior in logistics and supply chain management, will be running amongst a sea of other partici- pants in the Boston Marathon. A former cross-country run- ner in high school, Arntson’s qualification for the Boston Marathon was not one of his goals as he ran in the IMT-Des Moines Marathon last fall. “It definitely was not my first goal,” Arntson said. “My first goal was just to finish.” Needing a qualifying time of 3 hours and 10 minutes, Arn- tson barely made it, with a time of 3 hours and 6 minutes. Running the marathon held in Des Moines was a “spur-of- the-moment” decision. Originally, Arntson was just going to run a half-marathon, until one of his friends con- vinced him to run the full 26.2 miles. “He just kind of said, ‘Hey, why don’t you try for the whole thing, I mean, you’re halfway there, go for it,’” Arntson said. Since Arntson had never run in a marathon before, he was not sure what to expect. Arntson turned to the Inter- net in search of any information about marathons and what he could expect when running in one. “You can only read so much on the Internet and, to a point, it just can’t help you anymore, then otherwise you just have to go do it,” Arntson said. “There’s not much you can really do, you just have to expe- rience it for yourself.” Before the marathon started, Arntson said he was nervous be- cause he had never ran that far before and still was not entirely sure of what to expect during the race. As he reached the halfway Athletics Students prepare to compete in Boston Marathon Get involved Have a passion for running? Join the Iowa State Running Club. To join, contact David Sevcik, [email protected] see BOSTON on PAGE 9 Reiman Gardens Reiman Gardens is currently home to the tallest gnome in the United States. As part of the celebration of garden ornaments, the Reimen Gardens sent gnomes to 22 organiza- tions in Ames to decorate and send back. These gnomes will be painted and then hid- den around the gardens to complement the larger, currently nameless, gnome. Photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily By Rashah McChesney Daily Staff Writer “It would be like President [Barack] Obama and Michelle dying in a plane crash into the Chrysler building,” said Den- nis Chamberlin, associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Com- munication, of the plane crash Saturday that claimed the lives of 95 of the most prominent social, political and military Polish citizens including the president and his wife. Adding a bitter irony to the situation was the Katyn Memorial Ceremony that the plane was headed to. Monday is the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, which carries significant meaning for Poles because of the thou- sands of Polish elite killed by the Soviets in the Katyn Forest in 1940. “They never forgot Katyn and they’re not going to forget this,” said Chamberlin, who lived and worked in Poland from 1987- 02. Chamberlin said the Katyn massacre carries special significance for Poles be- cause it was unacknowledged during the Soviet era up until Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the Soviet leader when the massacre was officially recognized as being of Soviet origin. “Even the Polish government denied it during the Soviet era,” Chamberlin said. “It was the kind of thing that people learned from their parents and the church.” The plane crashed in the Smolensk re- gion of Russia after one of its wings report- edly clipped a radio tower after attempting a landing in heavy fog. ■ President Lech Kacynski and wife Maria Kaczynski ■ Former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski ■ National Bank of Poland Chairman — Slawomir Skrzypek ■ Chief of the president’s Chancellery — Wladyslaw Stasiak ■ Chief of the National Security Of- fice — Aleksander Szczyglo ■ Deputy Speaker of the lower house — Jerzy Szmajdzinski ■ Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary of State — Andrzej Kremer ■ Deputy Minister of National De- fense — Stanislaw Komorowski ■ Law and Justice Party Deputy chair — Przemyslaw Gosiewski ■ Chief of the general staff — Fran- ciszek Gagor ■ Head of the Air Force — Andrzej Blasik ■ Head of the Navy — Andrzej Karweta ■ Head of the National Security Of- fice — Aleksander Szczyglo ■ Head of Poland’s Council for the Protection of Struggle and Marty- dom Sites — Andrzej Przewoznik ■ Chief historical Conservator — Tomasz Merta ■ Cultural icon of the Solidarity Movement — Anna Walentynowicz Mourning Polish citizens created a memorial in front of the residence of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. Kaczynski and 94 other prominent Polish citizens died after their plane crashed Saturday in Russia. Courtesy photo: Jerzy Hejber Polish Officials Killed in Plane Crash see TRAGEDY on PAGE 9 Plane Crash Polish tragedy claims leaders Biggest concrete gnome More information: Admission to Reiman Gardens is free for ISU students. Reiman Gardens is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until late May, when extended summer hours begin. More information is available at www. reimangardens.com. Gnome gname suggestions can be sent to [email protected]. see GNOME on PAGE 3 finds new home V eishea 2010 Get it online Find coverage from the flag football tournament online at iowastatedaily.com Check out continuing coverage of Veishea entertainment online at ames247.com
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By Jessica OpoienDaily Staff Writer
A gnameless gnome has arrived at Reiman Gardens — and he won’t be do-ing any roaming anytime soon.
Reiman Gardens is now the home of the tallest gnome in the United States, as part of the Gardens’ 2010 theme, “A Celebration of Garden Ornamentation.” He arrived Fri-day, after a 400-mile journey from Wausau, Wis.
“He looks like he kind of be-longs here,” said Reiman Gardens director Teresa McLaughlin of the 15-foot, nearly 3,500-pound creature.
McLaughlin explained that during a brainstorming
session for the Gardens’ “Garden Ornamen-tation” theme, employees discussed ways to attract visitors, especially during tough financial times. One employee suggested they build the largest gnome in the world.
Reiman Gardens employees discovered
that the previous tallest gnome in the Unit-ed States is 13.5 feet tall, so they decided to have a 15-foot gnome created. They com-municated with Guinness World Records and were determined to set a record.
However, much to the dismay of Rei-man Gardens, about a month ago, it was discovered that an 18-foot gnome resides in Poland.
Poland’s gnome is made of fiberglass, which leaves the Gardens’ gnome as the tallest concrete gnome in the world.
The gnome, built by Andy and Connie Kautza, owners of National Rock and Sculp-ture, Inc. of Wausau, Wis., is constructed from concrete and rebar, a reinforcing steel bar. And, keeping with Reiman Gardens’ commitment to the environment, it is com-pletely sustainable.
Iowa State has a pre-existing connection
to gnomes — McLaughlin mentioned that one of the marketing managers for Trav-elocity, known for its Roaming Gnome, is an ISU graduate.
Reiman Gardens is currently accept-ing suggestions to name its gnome, and McLaughlin said they have received about 60 already. The name will be revealed April 22, during the Gardens’ Earth Day celebra-tion. Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean Wendy Wintersteen and Mayor Ann Campbell will be in attendance for a tree planting, bag lunch and preview party.
The giant gnome won’t be the only bearded creature in the Gardens on April 22. Unpainted concrete gnomes from the same mold as the giant gnome were sent to
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$1000 Rebate*
*College Grads2212 S. Duff • scionofames.com • 800-232-4081
2010 Scion xBPure Price $16,520
April 13 2010, Volume 204 >> Number 136 >> 40 cents >> iowastatedaily.com >> An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890 TUESDAY
By Whitney SagerDaily Staff Writer
While some students may be running to get to class on time, on April 19 a business stu-dent will be running for a differ-ent reason — 1,155 miles away.
Steve Arntson, senior in logistics and supply chain management, will be running amongst a sea of other partici-pants in the Boston Marathon.
A former cross-country run-ner in high school, Arntson’s qualification for the Boston Marathon was not one of his goals as he ran in the IMT-Des Moines Marathon last fall.
“It definitely was not my first goal,” Arntson said. “My first goal was just to finish.”
Needing a qualifying time of 3 hours and 10 minutes, Arn-tson barely made it, with a time of 3 hours and 6 minutes.
Running the marathon held in Des Moines was a “spur-of-the-moment” decision.
Originally, Arntson was just going to run a half-marathon, until one of his friends con-vinced him to run the full 26.2 miles.
“He just kind of said, ‘Hey, why don’t you try for the whole
thing, I mean, you’re halfway there, go for it,’” Arntson said.
Since Arntson had never run in a marathon before, he was not sure what to expect.
Arntson turned to the Inter-net in search of any information about marathons and what he could expect when running in one.
“You can only read so much on the Internet and, to a point, it just can’t help you anymore, then otherwise you just have to go do it,” Arntson said.
“There’s not much you can really do, you just have to expe-rience it for yourself.”
Before the marathon started, Arntson said he was nervous be-cause he had never ran that far before and still was not entirely sure of what to expect during the race.
As he reached the halfway
Athletics
Students prepare to compete in Boston Marathon
Get involvedHave a passion for running? Join the Iowa State Running Club.
To join, contact David Sevcik, [email protected]
see BOSTON on PAGE 9
Reiman Gardens
Reiman Gardens is currently home to the tallest gnome in the United States. As part of the celebration of garden ornaments, the Reimen Gardens sent gnomes to 22 organiza-tions in Ames to decorate and send back. These gnomes will be painted and then hid-den around the gardens to complement the larger, currently nameless, gnome. Photo: Rashah McChesney/Iowa State Daily
By Rashah McChesneyDaily Staff Writer
“It would be like President [Barack] Obama and Michelle dying in a plane crash into the Chrysler building,” said Den-nis Chamberlin, associate professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Com-munication, of the plane crash Saturday that claimed the lives of 95 of the most prominent social, political and military Polish citizens including the president and his wife.
Adding a bitter irony to the situation was the Katyn Memorial Ceremony that the plane was headed to.
Monday is the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, which carries significant meaning for Poles because of the thou-sands of Polish elite killed by the Soviets in the Katyn Forest in 1940.
“They never forgot Katyn and they’re not going to forget this,” said Chamberlin, who lived and worked in Poland from 1987-02.
Chamberlin said the Katyn massacre carries special significance for Poles be-cause it was unacknowledged during the Soviet era up until Mikhail Gorbachev, who was the Soviet leader when the massacre was officially recognized as being of Soviet origin.
“Even the Polish government denied it during the Soviet era,” Chamberlin said. “It was the kind of thing that people learned from their parents and the church.”
The plane crashed in the Smolensk re-gion of Russia after one of its wings report-edly clipped a radio tower after attempting a landing in heavy fog.
■ President Lech Kacynski and wife Maria Kaczynski
■ Former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski
■ National Bank of Poland Chairman — Slawomir Skrzypek
■ Chief of the president’s Chancellery — Wladyslaw Stasiak
■ Chief of the National Security Of-fice — Aleksander Szczyglo
■ Deputy Speaker of the lower house — Jerzy Szmajdzinski
■ Foreign Ministry’s Undersecretary of State — Andrzej Kremer
■ Deputy Minister of National De-fense — Stanislaw Komorowski
■ Law and Justice Party Deputy chair — Przemyslaw Gosiewski
■ Chief of the general staff — Fran-ciszek Gagor
■ Head of the Air Force — Andrzej Blasik
■ Head of the Navy — Andrzej Karweta
■ Head of the National Security Of-fice — Aleksander Szczyglo
■ Head of Poland’s Council for the Protection of Struggle and Marty-dom Sites — Andrzej Przewoznik
■ Chief historical Conservator — Tomasz Merta
■ Cultural icon of the Solidarity Movement — Anna Walentynowicz
Mourning Polish citizens created a memorial in front of the residence of the late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. Kaczynski and 94 other prominent Polish citizens died after their plane crashed Saturday in Russia. Courtesy photo: Jerzy Hejber
Polish Officials Killed in Plane Crash
see TRAGEDY on PAGE 9
Plane Crash
Polish tragedy claims leaders
Biggest concrete gnomeMore information:Admission to Reiman Gardens is free for ISU students.
Reiman Gardens is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until late May, when extended summer hours begin.
More information is available at www.reimangardens.com.
Gnome gname suggestions can be sent to [email protected].
see GNOME on PAGE 3
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