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SPRUIT TEAM FLEET FEET CAME UP BIG IN UNI WIN OVERSALUKIS SPORTS PAGE D1 GET 'FIT' NEW CAFE HAS FOOD FOR MIND, BODY AND SOUL PAGE C1 HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETES ALL-WEATHER TRACK CEDAR VALLEY PAGE A3 1 HE (OUMJER. MONDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2005 TONIGHT'S LOW: J4 TOMORROW'S HIGH: 33 WATERLOO www.wcfCOUrier.com CEDAR FALLS "i 7 rK ay AP PHOTO Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack talks to Maryann Erwin in Woodward Sunday. Woodward was one of at least 10 Iowa towns hit by tornadoes on Saturday. Woodward and Stratford, where as many as 32 homes were destroyed and an elderly woman killed, were the hardest hit.

fetra NEWSSTAND PRICE 500 Professor proposing 'body farm' in NE Iowa Facility would study human decomposition to aid forensic science. By EMILY CHRISTENSEN Courier Staff Writer CEDAR FALLS The thought of decomposing bodies would give most people a little shudder. They dont want to think about what happens to a body that has been locked in a trunk for several days during a sweltering Iowa summer or how bugs attack the body of someone dumped in wooded area just before hunting season. But the thought of being able to study bodies in each of these situations would be a forensic anthropologist's dream. It is a dream Tyler O'Brien, an assistant anthropology professor at the University of Northern Iowa, would like to see become a reality in Black Hawk County.

O'Brien is forming a proposal to seek federal funding for a forensic anthropological research area that would allow students, faculty, researchers and law enforcement the opportunity to study decomposition rates of human bodies in different Midwest environments. Two other "body farms" have been established in Tennessee and New Mexico O'Brien worked with William Bass, the founder of the original body farm, while earning his graduate degree in Tennessee. An Iowa facility, however, would give researchers more information about how bodies decompose in a Midwestern climate, O'Brien said. "I hope this would allow us to contribute to the literature already out there about decay rates as they pertain to the Midwest and could there be a variation because of the Midwestern climate," O'Brien said. O'Brien has yet to garner the support of federal funding agencies this will be his second application See BODY FARM, page A7 pick up piES faQf tonhn f7 v.

"Everybody in this town, everybody in this area, hurts a little today." Gov. Tom Vilsack in tornado-damaged Woodward least nine tornadoes on Saturday. Ron Runyan's sister, Nancy Runyan, 53, remained hospitalized Sunday night with a broken hip. She was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, where officials declined to release her condition. Sunday, Gov.

Tom Vilsack issued disaster declarations for two central Iowa counties hit by tornadoes that damaged dozens of homes. Vilsack spent Sunday afternoon touring tornado-damaged areas in Dallas and Hamilton counties and meeting with first responders and local residents. "In small communities because of the close relation- -IV. statta1 WEATHER FORECAST, PAGE C4 Choosing the right Medicare drug plan Sign-up for private insurance coverage will begin Tuesday. Second in a series ByRCBALABAN Courier Staff Writer WATERLOO Sign-ups for the Medicare prescription drug program begin Tuesday.

But with 41 plans in Iowa to choose from finding the right one can be daunting Before choosing a plan, seniors should make sure they need one People on Medicare Part A andor Medicare Part can pick a prescription drug plaa However, people with other coverage may not need to. Some health insurance plans, such as retiree insurance through previous employers, may offer drug coverage as good or better than that offered through the Medicare programs, also known as Medicare Part D. Insurers who provide drug coverage should have sent out letters explaining customers do not need a Medicare plaa "If it says you dont need to buy a plaa and your benefits are as good or better, you need to keep that letter," said Mary Jo Ixwe-land, public benefits coordinator with the Hawkeye Valley Area Agency on Aging. For those who are unsure about whether their current coverage needs to be supplemented, check with the insurance company. Some coverages could vanish if you sign up for a Medicare program "With a lot of retiree insurance plans, once you drop coverage with them, you can never get it back," I oveland said Loveland said if you need to sign up for a Medicare drug plaa collect basic information to make a choice.

See MEDICARE, page A7 AP PHOTO CI OMuanesAfi C2 Opmon B2 -CS People A2 A3 Purtes CS Sowte-. D1 -i it. These front steps in Stratford are Lucille Runyan, 82, was killed by ship that people have, everybody in this town, everybody in this area, hurts a little today," Vilsack said during a briefing with reporters at the fire station in Woodward. The cities of Woodward in northern Dallas County and Stratford in Hamilton County were hit hardest by tornadoes, which officials said struck with little warning. capture and others venting anger over her deadly plans.

Jordanian authorities said Safaa Mohammed Ali, 23, was part of the al-Qaida in Iraq squad that bombed the Grand Hyatt, Radisson SAS and Days Inn hotels on Wednesday. In Baghdad, the VS. command said a man by that name was detained by American forces in November 2004 during their assault on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah. The Americans said they did not know if the man they detained was the same Safaa Mohammed Ali identified by the Jordanians as one of the bombers. See JORDAN, pageA7 i AP PHOTO all that remain of the house where a tornado Saturday.

Officials said no major injuries were reported in Woodward. The fire station there served as a command post Sunday as crews worked to restore power to some areas of the town and to clear downed trees and debris that were scattered by the storm. See TORNADOES, page A7 By CHARLOTTE EBY Courier Des Moines Bureau STRATFORD Ron Runyan couldnt hear the sirens. The winds were deafening. In a matter of moments, the quiet weekend Runyan had planned with his mother and sister turned into a nightmare.

Runyan, a 47-year-old truck driver from Fargo, N.D, looked outside his mother's window Saturday night and saw a howling tornado towering over the house. He had just enough time to rush his family into the basement before disaster struck. "My sister fell down right below the stairs, and my mom, with the wind, kind of took her away from me," he said Sun-day as he looked across a pile of rubble that once was his mother's home. "It was so dirty, I couldnt see her, and that was it" His mother, Lucille Runyan, 82, was the only person killed in storms that produced at Kara Beth Borden kidnapped? David G. Ludwig charged with murder they can determine otherwise, police are operating on the assumption that she has been kidnapped.

See PARENTS, page A7 7, 1 1 i i Iraqi woman admits on TV to Jordan attack Teen, her boyfriend disappear after her parents shot, killed Woman's dead brother was once a top aide to al-Qaida in Iraq leader. AMMAN, Jordan (AP) American forces last year detained and later released an Iraqi with a name that matched one of three suicide bombers who struck Amman hotels, killing 57 people, the U.S. military said today. The announcement came a day after the televised confession of an Iraqi woman accused of being the fourth would-be suicide attacker set Jordanians buzzing today, with some expressing joy over her UTTTZ, Pa. (AP) Police searched across the East today for an 18-year-old man and his girlfriend, whose parents were found shot to death in their home Police said David G.

Ludwig killed 14-year-old Kara Beth Borden's parents after they and their daughter argued about her curfew. The girl was last seen Sunday morning at the family's home in Warwick Township, about 60 miles west of Philadelphia. "We dont know whether she has been abducted or is willingly a part of said Police Chief William Seace Until This image from Jordanian television shows Iraqi Sajida Mubarek Atrous al-Rishawi wearing a disabled explosive belt as she confesses to her failed role in bombing one of three Amman hotels hit last week. ArtsAUfc A Any Bf-dae Can Cam Cashed SAMPLE THE SEASOIl FESTIVAL OF TREES BAKERS SHARE FAVORITE RECIPES TUESDAY IN TUESDAY IN the Courier Canes C3 Sudctoj- s- CS C2 C2 Horascotw C8 TheSers Iwa A4 TV B1 Itaaner-.