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Senior deals with mother’s overdose By Katherine.Klingseis @iowastatedaily.com
Amber Connett keeps a faded black-and-white picture inside her wallet at all times. The picture is of her parents, smiling in a photo booth in a time when big hair and trucker hats were in style. Connett said she doesn’t know the exact details of where or why the photo was taken. But to her, that doesn’t matter. The significance of the photo is derived from what it represents: a time when her parents were both
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Beginning of an addiction Amber said her mom told her that her prescription drug addiction began soon after Amber was born. She said she did not notice her mother’s addictive behavior until her grand-
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Sorority honors sister through Chi-O Cones
By Amber Hovey Daily staff writer It’s not often one hears someone say, “Washington thinks oil companies are owned by space aliens.” But John Felmy, chief economist of the American Petroleum Institute, said just that in a lecture Tuesday. Felmy’s lecture addressed the American Petroleum Institute’s importance and the government’s “misunderstanding of” the oil and natural gas industry in the United States. Felmy is responsible for economic, statistical and policy analysis at API. There are 9.2 million jobs supported by the oil and natural gas industry directly and indirectly, Felmy said. The key topic in Felmy’s discussion was the use of the United States’ oil and natural resources as a way to create jobs, government revenue and energy independence. More than 1.4 million jobs and more than $800 billion can be generated by increasing the development of oil and natural gas in the U.S., Felmy said. Felmy contributed global oil prices to many factors, including global economic growth and exchange rates and inflation. Thiry-eight percent of America’s energy consumption comes from oil, while 25 percent come from natural gas. However, vast amounts of oil and natural gas resources in the U.S. have been made unavailable through environmental laws. “[The United States] need[s] to figure out if we want to continue economy in balance between the U.S. and the rest of the world or exploit our own resources,” said Barbara Hill, lecturer of geological and atmospheric sciences. Felmy spent 11 years forecasting the oil and energy industry for Data Resources, Inc., under McGraw-Hill and served as director at Princeton Energy Research before joining API.
alive and in love — before her mom was addicted to prescription drugs. Decades after the photo was taken, Connett, senior in agricultural and life sciences education, sat in a wooden chair in a secluded section of Parks Library. She reached into her back pocket to pull out her wallet and removed the photo of her parents. “It’s from when they first started dating,” she said. “I don’t get it out much because it’s pretty old and about to fall apart.” Connett flipped the photo over to reveal a message from her mother to her father. It read: “Donnie, I love you dearly and I hope we’re together till death do us part. Love, Jennie August 22, 1987.” Donnie and Jennie Connett were together until Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2008. On that day, Jennie died from a drug overdose.
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In September 1985, Liz Kirke was a senior at Iowa State studying graphic design when she was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. “[Liz was] a darling person with a persistent attitude, which motivated her to finish out her final term at school Kirke and remain in the Chi Omega [sorority] house as her fatal condition progressed,” said her mother, Loral. “She was vivacious and enthusiastic, and all who knew her would consider her a best friend with her ability to make people feel good.” Liz’s condition progressively got worse, and it was only about three-and-a-half months after Liz had been diagnosed when she passed away on Jan. 15, 1986. The Kirke family lost two children to pulmonary hypertension; Liz’s older brother had passed away at 16. Her father, Robert, said that all of the Chi Omega members came to Liz’s funeral and each put a flower on top of her casket. He said the family was extremely touched by how much love and support their daughter’s sorority sisters showed their family and that they will always have a soft spot in their hearts for the women of Chi Omega. A few months after Liz’s death, Chi Omega paired up with Tau Kappa Epsilon and created a Veishea float in her memory. This sparked the idea of starting a scholarship fund in honor of Liz, and every year since
Alex Eppel, sophomore in community and regional planning, hands Allison Bush, freshman in early childhood education, silverware at Phi Delta Theta fraternity’s “Nom Nom Noodles” on Tuesday.
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Gary turns self in for armed robbery By Alex.Erb @iowastatedaily.com ISU sophomore wide receiver Albert Gary turned himself in to the Story County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday morning. After the police issued a warrant for his arrest the previous day, Gary posted a bond of $25,000 later on Tuesday.
Gary, 22, has been charged with first-degree robbery which is a class B felony. According to a news release issued Gary by ISU Police Capt. Aaron Delashmutt, the Iowa State Police responded to a call from a man claiming to have
been robbed at gunpoint on Central Campus on June 19. The man reported that he was approached by approximately six men and that one brandished what appeared to be a handgun before patting him down. Police arrived on the scene to find the group of men fleeing to the north and gave chase. While the police never caught up,
they were able to recover four pellet guns. Further investigation yielded Albert Gary, senior in liberal studies, as a possible suspect. He was identified by several witnesses. In addition to the first-degree robbery charge and upcoming court date on Nov. 28, Gary has already served a three-game suspension for his alleged involvement.
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