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By John QuinlanJournal staff writer

“As long asI’m learning,life’s cool.”

That quote came fromRuss Gifford near theend of a 90-minute in-terview that touched onrock music of the 1960sand ’70s — Bob Dylan,The Byrds, concept al-bums, Jefferson Air-plane, The Who, TheBeach Boys, Jim Morri-son, Johnny Cash,bootlegs, influences,Rolling Stone, TheBand, politics, Dylan,vinyl, CDs, the lyrics,the business, Led Zep-pelin, CaliforniaDreamin’, technology,disco, rap, Woodstock,The Last Waltz, Jack-son Browne, The Ea-gles, Dylan, BachmanTurner Overdrive, TheAnimals, Bob Segerand Harry Chapin. AndDylan again.

I felt as if I’d just satthrough a 90-minutealt/college class, thekind of really groovyclass Boomers hopedfor back in the day —but never saw. The kindof pop culture class thathas been popping upmore frequently thesedays, though withoutthe woefully dated“groovy” part. The “po-etry” of Bob Dylan, forinstance, can be foundin the curricula of anumber of colleges anduniversities.

And not coinciden-tally, Gifford will beteaching — and maybecheerleading — a three-part course, “My Gen-eration: Rock MusicLegends,” starting April5 for the Institute ofLifelong Learning at

Western Iowa TechCommunity College.The first session, espe-cially dear to his heart,is called “Bob Dylan:His Music, Life andTimes.” Subsequentsessions are “The Riseof the Concept Album”on April 12 and “Jimi,Janis and Jim: ‘This is

the end’” on April 19.Each session lasts 90

minutes, though theafter-class talk could gowell beyond that, at acost of $5 per session,plus another $5 for theannual Lifelong Learn-ing membership fee, ifyou’re not yet a mem-ber.

Gifford, 50, is a self-employed South SiouxCity businessman whoteaches classes on tech-nology and writes arti-cles on economic devel-opment after years oftoiling for such compa-

By Russ OechslinJournal correspondent

WAHPETON, Iowa — Noticessent to those who had summerreservations at Crescent Beach Re-sort have guests scrambling for va-cation and meeting facilities, whileothers are simply scratching theirheads.

Wahpeton City Clerk Betty Pe-tersen said all she hears are “ru-mors, rumors, rumors,” about thechanging situation at the longtimeresort on West Lake Okoboji. Thecity, she reported, has seen nothingdirectly from Crescent Beach Re-sort owner Greg Deman.

And similarly, Tonja VanBeek,who is involved with marketing at

The Inn, on the north shore of WestLake Okoboji, said, “There havebeen a handful of calls that havecome in ... from those whose reser-vations were canceled at CrescentBeach.”

Deposits refundedThe unsigned letter from Crescent

Beach refunded deposits for reser-vations at the Thunderbird Lodgeon the lakeshore, and explained,“We will continue to lease timethrough our shareholder program,however instead of one sole owner,Crescent Beach will be comprisedof multiple stockholders.”

Those stockholders, according tothe letter, will have a voting right inall decisions made at Crescent

Beach, as well as the usage of theLodge.

Sioux City businessman GregDeman, who owns the resort, indi-cated by phone that Crescent Beach“couldn’t make money doing whatwe were — renting rooms. We can’tafford to do that,” with a manage-ment team on site 12 months per

year for the short summer season.The resort’s management staff wasreleased in February.

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‘Rock Legends’ roll into town

Russ Gifford, shown in his South Sioux City office, will be teaching a courseon Bob Dylan as part of a Lifelong Learning series on rock music legends atWestern Iowa Tech Community College. (Staff photo by TIm Hynds)

Students knockin’ on Dylan’s door, staying forever young at Lifelong Learning class

Senate expands ‘rights’ codeBill prohibiting discrimination against gays goes to House

By Todd DormanJournal Des Moines Bureau

DES MOINES — A bill prohibit-ing discrimination against gays andlesbians in Iowa won Senate ap-proval Monday over the objectionsof critics who predicted the measurewould harm small businesses andopen the door to lawsuits.

Backers of the bill, mostly Democ-rats, pushed it to passage on a 32-17vote. They portrayed the legislationas a needed strike against discrimi-nation that would also make the statemore economically attractive.

The bill, Senate File 427, wouldadd the words “sexual orientation”and “gender identity” to the Iowa’sCivil Rights Act, which currentlybars discrimination based on age,

race, creed, color, sex, national ori-gin, religion and disability.

The act specifically targets dis-crimination tied to employment,housing, public accommodations,education and credit.

“Today, we have the opportunityto reaffirm that in Iowa, job perform-ance is what counts, not what youlook like, not what church you at-tend, not how old you are or who

you love,” said Senate MajorityLeader Mike Gronstal, D-CouncilBluffs, who led debate on the bill.

“It is difficult to convince a tal-ented young person to come to Iowaor stay in Iowa when they can be dis-criminated against simply because ofwho they are,” Gronstal said. He

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Ethanolmay leadto higherfood prices

JERUSALEM (AP) — Awoman with three croco-diles strapped to her waistwas stopped at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing afterguards noticed that shelooked “strangely fat,” of-ficials said Monday.

The woman’s shaperaised suspicions at theRafah terminal in southernGaza, and a body searchby a female border guardturned up the animals, eachabout 20 inches long, con-cealed underneath herloose robe, according toMaria Telleria, spokes-woman for the Europeanobservers who run thecrossing.

LINCOLN (AP) — Increasedproduction of biofuels such asethanol may help farmers’ bot-tom lines and address climate-change concerns, but eventuallycould lead to a sharp rise in foodprices worldwide, a senioreconomist for former PresidentBill Clinton said Monday.

“Worldwide, especially in de-veloping countries ... food priceincreases are definitely some-thing we’re going to have tocome to grips with,” said DavidSunding, who served on Clin-ton’s Council of Economic Ad-visers.

Sunding is now a professor ofagricultural and resource eco-nomics at the University of Cal-ifornia-Berkeley and co-director

Woman foundwith crocodilesstrapped to body

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Shells in PastelsShells in Pastels double as dessert and acenterpiece for the Easter Sunday dinnertable. Find out more about this unique holi-day idea in Wednesday’s Food section.

BUSINESSSinging Hillsmay get morecar dealerships

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