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leat subsides Page Bl' umm 1 0'" nr i i Page Monday May 17 1999 THE I 0 CITYI Chance of showers High near 65 50 cents "Celebrating Sioiixlarid Pride" Vol. 135 No. 257 Sioux City, Iowa METRO EDITION IL il i flflfR 1 xV VvV iii it i i ft to ta SsoUbs Soldiers had been turned over to U.S. by KLA WASHINGTON (AP) The two Serb soldiers held as prisoners of war by U.S. military authorities in Ger-' many will be released, possibly today, a senior Pentagon official said Sunday.

"They are going to be released," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "We're just working out the details now." Defense Secretary William Cohen strongly hinted a few weeks ago that there was a good possibility the pris- between the two releases. The two Serbs were turned over to the U.S. military authorities in Albania by the Kosovo Liberation Army. They were flown from Albania to Germany where they have been visited by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, in accordance with the Geneva Convention on treatment of POWs.

U.S. officials have frequently contrasted their strict compliance with the Geneva Convention with the actions of Yugoslav authorities who held the three U.S. soldiers as POWs for 32 days in Serbia. The Americans were denied access to Red Cross officials for weeks and were not allowed to communicate with their families. The Pentagon official did not explain the timing of the decision to SEE U.S.

continued on page A3 i Li v-, Conservation officer has faith in sportsmen oners would be released, but there has been little word on their fate since then. He said during a Pentagon news conference last week that he had not gotten around to taking final action on the POW issue. The pending release of the Serb soldiers comes after the release earlier this month of three U.S. Army soldiers captured March 3 1 along the Kosovo-Macedonia border, but there was no indication of any linkage 31 Difference until people can prove otherwise." Jauron said he believes the majority of hunters, fishermen, trappers and boaters are honest sportsmen, and they deserve the benefit of the doubt. "I like to assume all those guys are honest," he said.

"Most of the people I deal with are pretty good people." He also takes advantage of those times when he stops people to educate them not only about the law, but also about conservation. He'll also just stop to see how SEE LOVE continued on page A3 4 r- i4 ByNickHytrek Journal staff writer For almost 30 years, hundreds, probably thousands, of people using the outdoors for recreation have come into contact with Steve Jauron. As a state conservation officer in Woodbury County, Jauron enforces hunting, fishing, boating and other laws that govern those activities. It's a task that involves dealing with people who may be hostile, but Jauron has a way of making them feel they're not on trial, said Rick Schneider, director of the Woodbury County Conservation Department. "I think Steve is a very unique conservation officer," said Schneider, who has known Jauron since 1975.

"He's got sort of a sixth sense when talking to people. He's a very fair individual. He'll give them the benefit of the doubt Danielle Thibadeau, 11, of Elk Point, S.D., plays the role of a victim at an emergency drill by the Union County Emergency Planning Committee near Jefferson, S.D., Sunday. (Staff photo by Jim Lee) Rescue crews get realistic training Conservation officer Steve Jauron, right, visits with veteran fisherman Roger Hasek at Snyder's Bend. (Staff photo by Ed Porter) Two die as tornadoes rake Harrison County 4t tensive damage reported in the area, including downed trees and power lines.

In Pottawattamie County, authorities reported two tornadoes touching down about 3 p.m. northwest of Treynor near State Highway 92, one of them reportedly more than a mile wide. "I saw it tear through some houses and a couple of barns went up and then the tornado maxed out," said Matt Ver Steeg, a storm spotter for Des Moines station KCCI-TV. "It's now about three-quarters to a mile wide," Ver Steeg said shortly after the tornado lost its intensity. Pottawattamie authorities said there were no immediate reports of injuries.

In Mills County near Glenwood and Pacific Junction, Omaha station WOWT-TV reported a house was damaged, signs knocked over and power lines downed. No injuries were reported from the Mills County tornado which touched down about 5:15 p.m. and lasted for about 15 minutes. At least a dozen west central and central Iowa counties were under tornado warnings Sunday afternoon and evening as thunderstorms worked their way eastward across the state. Earlier in the morning, Fort Dodge and other cities in north central Iowa were hit by golf ball size hail.

i' x-i i-ii illy- tin At, If began assessing the victims and determining who needed immediate treatment and who was dead. Paramedics treated the simulated wounded and readied them for transport. Firefighters assisted as back-board bearers and loaded the injured onto an ambulance or into the waiting Marian helicopter. Firefighters also practiced using powered extraction tools to cut away sections of the junked cars used in the simulation. Personnel from the following agencies participated in the training: North Sioux City Fire and Rescue, North Sioux City Police Department, Jefferson Ambulance, Jefferson Police Department, Jefferson Fire and Rescue, Elk Point Community Ambulance, Elk Point Fire and Rescue, Marian Air Care, Union County Sheriff Office and other local agencies.

At the conclusion of the drill, Gary Brown, director of Woodbury County Emergency Services, assessed the performance of the rescue workers. He said one area for improvement would have been having one person take over at the scene and coordinate the various agencies. At a real disaster, the scene would have been much more chaotic, with parents and news media wanting to get as close as possible. Jay Gabel, 12, of Elk Point played a "victim" who was thrown from one the vehicles and was pronounced dead on the scene. He was covered with a cloth by rescue workers and had to wait out the rest of the drill lying in the grass.

"It was hot with lots of bugs chewing on me," he said. Past discovered Third-grade pupils in the Storm Lake area are discov-ing the past by spending a half-day of classes at the restored one-room Elk Center schoolhouse. page A4 A7 By Michael Koehler Journal staff writer JEFFERSON, S.D. As rescue crews pulled onto the accident site Sunday they discovered a three-vehicle crash with several dead and wounded sprawled over the road. Although the scene looked real from a distance, this was a training exercise for emergency response crews that was planned by the Union County Emergency Planning Committee.

"If we have a disaster, it's important to have the right people and the right equipment," said John Gille, Union County Extension educator and local planning coordinator. Before crews arrived, two cars were pushed into the ditch on either side of County Road 1-B three miles north of Jefferson near the new grain elevator. A school bus was brought in with about 20 "victims" of the faux crash. The victims received the handiwork of Mary Tadlock from Marian Air Care. She provided the pretend gore for the scene as she simulated glass fragments stuck in a woman's neck and several types of lacerations on the children.

As the children were set into place, she poured a mixture of simulated blood on the victims to make the scene more realistic Mary Ellen Staum coached the children as they lay waiting for their rescuers. "If you're dead, don't move and don't say a word," she said. "If you're injured, start screaming when you see them." Rescue crews arrived shortly and LOGAN, Iowa (AP) Two people died in tornadoes that injured at least 14 in Harrison County and caused damage in at least three counties in west-central Iowa Sunday. Many of the injured were taken to Community Memorial Hospital in Missouri Valley. Names of those who died have not been released pending notification of relatives, said Jim Seymour, a hospital administrator.

"We're trying to piece all this together," said Harrison County Sheriff Terry Baxter. "We're looking at possibly three tornadoes between Logan and Baxter confirmed the deaths, but would not release any further information, saying that families were still being notified. Four of those injured were transported to Omaha hospitals, Seymour said. The tornadoes which developed in Harrison County near Logan about 4 p.m. Sunday destroyed six homes, damaged several others and destroyed a bridge on a rural gravel road, the Harrison County sheriffs office said.

The Iowa Welcome Center near Missouri Valley had the roof blown off, Baxter said. All of the injured are from Harrison County, Seymour said. U.S. Highway 30 and Iowa Highway 127 were closed due to ex Colorful and cultural Nhue Lo sports a Hmong costume while watching the entertainment at the Circle of Nations Siouxland Multi-Cultural Fair at the Sioux City Convention Center on Sunday. (Satff photo by Jim Lee) Bored: Many Russians were bored with the attempt to impeach Boris Yeltzin.

Page Rejected: Descendants of Thomas Jefferson refuse to let descendants of Sally Hemings join the family association. Page A11 i i. i I New civil defender A former Woodbury assistant county attorney has returned to Sioux City to practice law at City Hall. Meet Connie Anstey in Tuesday's Business page. Only in The Journal.

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