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PAGE TWO PACEA2 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2004 WATERLOOCEDAR FALLS COURIER READERS' GUIDE WHERE ARE THEY NOW: ZOE ANN OLSEN There she competed with the Athens Athletic Club of Oakland, winning her first national championships at 14. She eventually acquired 14 national titles. Zoe Ann's first Olympic springboard diving medal came In 1948 in Londoa Olympic diver Zoe Ann Olsen Bramham of Stuart, didn't officially graduate with the La Porte City High School Class of 1949, but they let her come back for their SOth reunion, she said. "I guess they figured I'd gone to school Call the Courier Questions concerning Issues are taken on i special Courier phone line at 234-3566. Question) mramtdbfCmltrM md soft 119 MMoo Public Ubvy.

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Delivery If you don't receive the Courier by In October 1949, she married her high school boyfriend, Jack Jensen, a football standout at the University of California who went on to play baseball with the New York Yankees, the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox. Their Oakland, wedding was attended by long enough there, said Olsen, who had already made a name for herself In Iowa as a springboard diver by the time she finished the 7th grade at La Porte City and moved to California. She went on to earn two Olympic medals a silver and a bronze, won in 1948 and 1952, respectively Born In Council Bluffs 4:30 p.m. weekdays (rural motor route Zoe Ann Olsen Olympic medal-winning drver Certain she hadn't placed, Zoe Ann ran to the showers. While getting dressed, her freshly washed hair In pincurls, she heard someone screaming.

"Zoe, you're holding up the ceremonies they're waiting for you." Zoe Ann ran out to accept her bronze medal a bandanna over her bobby pins. She gave up diving, then tried water skiing. A badly broken leg put an end to that She wasn't expected to walk again. The leg healed, but not well enough to allow her to ski competitively Zoe Ann and Jack Jensen had three children a daughter, now living outside of Denver, a son, Jay, of Florida; and a son, John, now deceased. The couple divorced in 1963; remarried 14 months later, then divorced for good in 1970.

She married Don Bramham in 1972. They moved to Florida from Lake Tahoe in 1988. In the early '90s the couple spent four years In Saudi Arabia while Bramham worked for the Department of Defense. Zoe Ann, now 73, said she's always surprised when someone recognizes her name and achievements of 52 years ago. She is grateful for the doors that opened to her Including a luncheon at the White House and meeting President Elsenhower.

But it was recognition from a newspaper in her home state of Iowa when she became Number 86 on the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame that left her feeling "very, very honored." "I was down on the list," she teased, "but after all I left when I was 12." "I have always been so happy I was raised In Iowa. I wouldn't want to have been raised anyplace else." Brenda Cornelius, Courier Staff Writer Is there someone you want to know "Where are they now?" Send your requests to nancy.newhoffwcfcourier.com, or call 291-1426. Q. Is John Edwards going to be a senator again or did he lose his seat when he ran for vice president? A. Edwards' term ends this year.

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Olsen's former classmate from La Porte City, Carol Froning Deppe, now of Ames, was her matron of honor and has remained a lifelong friend. After the wedding, Zoe Ann was ready for a break. "I was so disappointed I didn't get the she said. "I Just needed to get away from diving." Four years later, after the birth of her first child, she reconsidered. She began watching other divers and "no one (was) doing anything any different than I did," she said.

She asked her father to come to Detroit and coach her for a week prior to the 1952 Olympic tryouts. "He thought I was kind of foolish to try to make the team after not touching a diving board for three years," she said. But he came and she qualified Helsinki was she remembers. Zoe Ann had to do one dive three times. Judges disqualified bpf first attempt because of a technical fault In the springboard.

On her second dive, she didn't realize she had to wait for the whistle and was disqualified once again. Her third dive got her into the finals by two-tenths of a point In 1931, Olsen lived first in Cedar Falls, then La Porte City from about age 3 to age 12. Olsen's mother, Norma, a South Dakota native, was a pioneer of synchronized swimming. Her father, Cedar Falls native Art Olsen, was an athletic standout at what is now the University of Northern Iowa. He later was principal and coach at La Porte City He also coached Zoe Arm.

In the summers, her father managed the Cedar Falls municipal pool and her mother taught swimming, Zoe Ann learned to swim at age 2 12. She began diving at age 6. When the weather became colder, her mother stretched the family's gas rationing coupons to allow trips to the YWCA pool in Waterloo a few times a week. Between trips, Zoe Ann bounced and twisted on a canvas trampoline in the yard. By the age of 11, she had won all of the Iowa women's state springboard diving championships, according to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

When Zoe Ann's father enlisted during World War II, his wife and daughter followed him to the West Coast Q. Why do they call it a boxing ring when it's a square? A. Evidently it goes back to the sport's beginnings, when matches were fought in a circle drawn on the ground. The square was first introduced in the 1800s. Q.

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The battle began on Dec. 15, 1944. Q. Why do the Iowa Hawkeyes have to be on the front page of the sports section every day, with Iowa State and UNI relegated to the back? A. That's quite a generalization.

In fact, UNI athletics find their way onto our cover more often than either of the other schools. The fact that the Hawkeyes are having a remarkable football season has pushed them ahead of Iowa State in terms of where we play the stories, at least when a decision has to be made between the two. Images of your community, your neighborhood, your life Irving book fair LOTTERY Iowa $100,000 cash game 2-3-13-16-20 Pick 3 Friday Midday: 5-8-1 Evening: 1-6-5 Pick 4 Friday Midday: 2-9-1-3 Evening: 7-2-2-7 Illinois Pick Three Midday: 5-8-1 Pick Three Evening: 1-6-5 Pick Four Midday: 2-9-1-3 Pick Four Evening: 7-2-2-7 Little Lotto: 5-14-18-22-31 Mega Millions: 5-31-33-35-51 Mega Ball: 1 Jackpot: $106 million mf 4 Q. Has Laura Bush ever had a real job? A. She taught school for a few years and then was a public school librarian.

She quit working when she married George W. Bush, but has campaigned for him and promoted literacy causes. i. Q. Who owns the majority shares in Sinclair Broadcasting Who are the members of their board? A.

The four sons of founder Julian Sinclair Smith control about 95 percent of the company. A May 13 press release from Sinclair lists the board members as David D. Smith, chairman of the board and company CEO; Frederick Smith, J. Duncan Smith, Robert E. Smith, Basil Thomas, Lawrence E.

McCanna, Daniel C. Keith and Martin R. Leader. 1113 THIS DAY IN HISTORY ten j-. 1 aV 4 Am TREY EASON Courier Staff Photographer People pass through the line filling their boxes with various items for troops In Iraq and Afghanistan Holiday Wednesday at the United Auto Workers Local 838 ch 1 11 fl I fl Ha" ln ThB "sere workers were working dl 1 1 Mil 1 1 III on a project they have called "Iowa's Bravest" to I I nrnuErio tho hnvoc fnr trnnne fnr lha hnlirtau provide the boxes for troops for the holidays.

Um Q. What do baseball players earn for these extra playoff and World Series games? A. According to staff from it's based on a percentage system. Everyone on the 12 first- and second-place teams shares in a postseason pool, which collects 60 percent of the gate from the first four World Series and league championship series games and 60 percent from the first three divisional series games. The World Series winner takes 36 percent of the pool, and the series loser gets 24 percent.

Each LCS loser receives 12 percent, the four divisional series losers divide 3 percent each, and the second-place teams which didn't make the playoffs each take 1 percent. Those percentages may change, though. TREY EASON Courier Staff Photographer John James looks through a book at the Irving Elementary book fair Thursday afternoon. School was out Thursday and Friday while school conferences were taking place in Waterloo schools. 1 J.

LOCAL 1911: Ski jumping Is proclaimed the new sport (or the winter season. Supporters hoped to build an Incline that would reach from the "vicinity of the mill dam clear to Chautauqua 1933: The Courier announces that "world-famous American pilot" Art Goebel will sky-write In half-mile long letters over Waterloo the following day. 1963: The 1963 Iowa com crop totaled 834,082,000 bushels, an all-time record. NATIONAL 1940: Walt Disney premieres the movie "Fantasia" In New York City, 1977: Comic strip "LI'I Abner" appears in newspapers for the last time. 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Is dedicated. BIRTHDAYS 354: St Augustine. 1947: Joe Mantegna, actorwrlterdlrector. 1955: Whoopl Goldberg, actress and comedienne. i i -1 ill iVi True fan Q.

What does "uff-dah" mean? A. Here's the definition from the classic Wisconsin Dictionary: UFF-DAH: (from the untranslatable Norwegian phrase) meaning varies with severity of Incident from "Oops" to "Criminy" to words following "Oh-I" often said when you make a really big "boo-boo" and are in "deep dog-gy-doo." The same source defines "John Deere" as a Cheesehead's other vehicle. Gladbrook-Retnbeck fans like Pete Meyers, 8, were ill smiles as their team advanced to the semifinal round of the lowi high school football playoffs this week. Gladbrook-Retnbeck plays Iowa City Reglm today In the UNI-Dome for i shot at the Clan 1A championship game. DAN NIERLINQ Courier Photo Editor.