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. niee Venard Slife. She was born April t 8; 1923, in Storm Lake,· .. daughter of Harry and Elsie·.Young Prichard. They. were mar-· . ried May12, 1945, in San Clemente, Calif. __ . _ • · _ · _ • _ . -

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· · · Mr. Slifeserved With the U.S.-.Marines during WOrld War ll -from 1943-46.Heattended the University of Northern Iowaanq.

-.· graduated in 1948 from the University Qf Io~a School of Law; -· ·He moved to Forest City and was elected the Wmnebago Coun- _ ·

.. _ ty·attomeyin 1954 .. He moved to Waterloo· in 19S6.and became·.- · the general counsel for Rath Packing Co., th~nserved a~ Vice

1ters, . ·Caesar president of firiance before becoming president of Rath in 1967. - Hafiy · -,; 15.- -_ Schublch He left Rath in1975 to becbme president of BlackHawk ·Slife-_· :lets, _ •- :V · · _ _ · Broadcasting Co:, retiring fiom there in 1985. - · · ·. __ ·• - - . ·-__ . _. ·· y of Montieello; and five _. : He taught atWartbmg College inJ986. andl987. He was and : · .on, allofMuscatine, Kay. ·- Iowa state senator from1990to 1993. · . VISta, Calif. -_· · . · · . _. · . He had served on the-Wartburg BOard ofRegenrii since 1980;

even brothers, Dale, Otto, _ served on the board of the African Palace (later became the · .! Schubich~ Shirley· Schu., · Martin Luther King Jr.- Education· Center in Waterloo) .. He. also -

wa() chairman· of the Cedar Valley EConomic Development ch, with burial in Calvary : - eorp .. and the Covenant· Medical Center board of. directors. He fForeign Wars Post 1623 was president of the UNl Foundatio~ and servedon thelowa .. 2 to9 p.m.· Thursday at-_ Board of Regents, the Governor's Committeeforlo\Va's Future m. ~ alld a 7:.30 p.m. Growth, the McElroy Foundation, Iowa Development Com· '-----.. -.P-II .

· mis.<;;ion, the Iowa Manufacturers Ac;sociation, Iowa Taxpayers . ·· 0 Y . · · · AllSOciation, Waterloo Civic Foundation, Grout Museum Trust, Slife

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nology Foundation Board and_ the. Hoover Library Board· He.wali ·.a_ director of the. · National Bank of Waterloo. . · · · . · . . · - .. .· ·_· · ·· . He wasco-founder ofWaterloo Industrial D~vblopment Association. · · · . -- Mrs. Slife reeeived her teaching certificate from Iowa State Teachers College, and .. had taught first grade in Docm and Hawarden; and second grade in West Branch and · Greene. She Was 8etving on th~ board of the ·conestoga Council of Girl Scouts and the UNI Alurimi Board .. She_ had been on the. Sartori Memorial H(>spital Auxiliary · -

· -Board and Cedar Falls Health Care Review Board, wa~ pac;t president of the cedar Heights PTA, the United Methodist Womehs Guild: and PEO Chapter 11<, and· ~d _ .

. · ... been· viee chairwoman. of.the Western Home .Auxiliary. She was also. chaplain of the - · L'1dies' Legislative League. ·_ · · · _ . _--- · ·- _ . . - - . "'

- -Surtived by: a son, James.ofBarrington, Ill.; three daughters, Peggy Gaard of · · . Edina, Minn., Polly. McDonald of RockRapidc; and Sarah &,Uzwedel of Mukwonago; .. . _ WIS.; and 14 grandchildren. Mr. Slife is survived by a brother, Earl_ V. J r~ of Hawarden;

and his stepmother, Edith C. Slife of Hawarden; Mrs. Slife i~ survived by three sic;ters, · PattyStull of Storm Lake, hertwin, PeggyDarlan9 ofCresco, and Anita Martinof Waukori. . _-. · ___ - ... . • _ · .__ _ . _ ._ . . __ .. __ . ·

Mrs. Slife was preceded in dC<:tth by a brother, Robert Prichard;· and a sister, Janet f the Western Horne, died . Titsworth~ ·. · · Un~~ _ _ _ · . -_.-_Memorial senices: 2 p.m. Friday at Nazareth l.lltheran Church, under the direc~ Q( '~and Christinalrun- · ti?n of S!. Turiothy's United Methodist Church. Private family burial will precede ser- _ n,"in.teOarFalls: He died · . VIces. Fnends may.call fro¢ 6_ to 9. p.m. Thursday at Dahl-VanHove-Schoof Furteral.'. _

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Harry, Polly Slife die in :a11t0 accldeilt .. ··~ By ERIC WOOLSON . Coyrier Assistant City Editor

Their deaths, friends of Harry and Polly Slife say, was much ·like their

ing. 1988 pie_dge of $200,000 to pay-for graduate; . • _ -. -;~

· lives. It was something that hap:. pened to them together. .

"It's a terrible loss for this com- the rollege's first distinguished pnr --,Harry Slife was chairman of the muiiity," said state _Sen. Don Red~- fessorship and a $50,000 endow: · university foundation when: the fern, a close friend of the couple · mentin 1987 to establish a scholar- fund~raising-drive for the UNI~ who succeeded Harry Slife in an ship fund ,for I,Dinority studentSin Dome begaQ.He also served 011 the ...

·· August special election. "People.of the W;iterloo/Cedar Falls area. · · State Board of Regents,-and was a · The Slifes, both 70, of Cedar· Falls, were pronounced dead Sunday at the scene of an accident four miles

-east of Decorah on Highway 9 Sun-day afternoon. · · _

PoUy Slife lost control of their car, which. was struck broadside by .a Jeep Wagoneer driven by Bonnie Jean Sorum, 47, of Decorah, according to a spokesman for tJie Win- · neshiek County Sheriff's Depart-

_that stature, you don't replace. Harry: Harry Slife had served on the ··vocal advocate for UNI duriilg his 2 and Polly_ were the leaders in this Wartburg Board of Regents si~ce . 1/2 years in the Iowa Senate. . area" 1980 and taught as an executive-in- "Few alumni have been· more

Harry Slife · Polly Slife In 1988, they were recognized as residence after: his retirement. The closely identified with the University · "Outstanding'Philanthropists"by the Slifes' three daughters- Polly, of Nof1hern Iowa_than have. Polly

ment. _Eastern Iowa Chapter of the Nation~ Peggy lind Sarah-~ graduated from • and Harry~ They 'einbodied the high-Sotu_In suffered multiple injuries; al Society of Fund-raising Execu- Wartburg. . · · · -- _ ~ j est ideals of public serviee,".}'resi- . __ .

She was listed in serious condition lives. · · . . The Slifes also were active ·sup- · dent Constantine Curris said; "Their _ this m9ming at Lutheran Hospital-in Some of their gifts reflected theif · porters of the University of Northern. contril:?utions to the 'university. our · . -La Crosse, Wis., but her injuries _- long, close association with Wart•. Iowa, where both were students in were not believed to be life-threaten- · _ burg College in Waverly, including a ·· the 1940s. A s6n, James, was a UNI See.SUFE!Pog~A7

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Mother Nature's New Year's · resv-·-~ .. '10 to drop a few· pounds_:. ~ . ~\ . . • 1: . "~ . -' . • • 1 ...

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~olce,, also had a ·uni.qu~ knack for ~et-,. rou~ding up In ., . rs~:~e~t~l'~niria}\'·~~&~ hng rtght 'to ~he' potnt tn 8 disarnung ' 'b~smess pros . rae . ~l@lg'~li ;: ~v;r~tecte(i,; way. . . . . · . : . . . < w•!!t state econ~m c> ve ~~., 1 J¥: >'':May•

Coup. I.e remembered For those reasons, tt seemed every- · ... · You~ I'OiiU..tO}J3f JS~~.ne,, .. "·· "·"•'\'.,;,y.\·d,; , ~. one listened when·he spoke. . . . . acco!llphshmen~s a~d ~; t~~n.~.,Ea~J~ ;;;' ';;:, i'/.';;;;;~

for comm-.nlty support·. When Democrats charged m 1990 . 11mnmg was another.,H~.ga~:a.l~LPf;,·;~.,·. , ·~·* · that he shouldn't be elected because he titne-:- not only !f10ney~~t.~lll~,7:;.J?:::;:;: *

Continued from page Al wouldn't be representative of the eOOilQmic dev~lopment(•,:·:'Y"'.'t;' .. "; ,_:;,:;;·:~~~,,~ · • . "hard-workin~ mtddle-class people" of . · · "He did a Jot of things ilia~ Mos!. ~.\,.;;i,

[..,.Up ·seeks community and state are immense and . the district, Shfe replied, "If ~heir a.~c;er- "ple don•t see,"Wad~ s,ai~::iJ·: ~';~~~~ ,',+,1:!\l;:):l:(;' ,, . ., ·' . v lasting. Their legacy Will inspire us all tiorl is that I sit over the~ wtth my· feet. : Slife used ·extraordtrtaty:m~s:aage::·'. ; :\.ic>;~ '1'IT. 11· for years to come."· . · . . in the country dub pool and do'n't re~· . m~nt.talent t~ bring.people toge.,he.r,·.~·:,· Fir¢; l ,.,. ar State Sen. Jim> Lind, a Waterloo ly know how peopl~ live, I don t· SOld w.,Louts. ,Beech~r,.:a:!~at~rloo .>.inCh!~

Jrab .. ili•a Republican, referred to ~e co~ple as "a believe that. I'm not a stlver SI?OO~. guy.·. attorney ·~nd ~mtl'l~ntty leaderswho., . ing on~ dynamic duo whose datly hves were ·I was a product of the I?epresston. . . , helped hire. Sl~fe for. ~~e. Ratll"·~acld~g~ . sons ,W,•

\ BLUME d~~ ~:mr:r.rw~~~: ~~i;nt of. n!r ~~P=· ~gWatfgnt~~:C~~~: ... ·~~~cfili~~wlf~ to g~t)~6~i~ .. t~ :~.~.a~:~~ Writer . that day-in and day out, and their companies such as meatpackmg gtant worktogether,and,ofcou~~ .. ~~~' ·,blazet ·ALLS- If you can impact ts sorely going to be misSed." IBP inc. that hired Hispanic workers; thattothecommunityr·Beecher .. satd.»:·/ hotrte't knives, meatless days, Und said. • from the Southwest. He argued th~t the·'· . The.· deaths ~it espe~ially h.ard :>. ashw.1 ctory Gardens and tin ' The couple was "inseparable," and measure wo~ld.prompt compames to . ~';!SC.Hat'l')' Slife had beSI!" to tumj': . Ha~· 1e'Cedar Falls Historical Polly Slife's rote in her ~usband's quit hiring mmortty workers, who often .allhts atte.ntton to commumt~ ~~r~,, , after 5 , you; . career cannot be overemphasiZed.' · • .use the indU$1ryjobs as a st~rt to better '' Beecher.satd. : , · ·. . , .;."'·;, ::· .>' · ~\' ,; . helped

· "She wa.c; often· there in the Senate .. lives ~nd a well-deserved ptece of the In the. weeks ~fore hts death, Snfe ';.:.: .3i ·get! ·1• the dty ofCedar Falls when the tou~ issues came up," Und . Atnencan Dream .. · · .. . ·had beenworkmg to p~r~ua~e~L~!l::: Fi~'Cl ~~e~~st~e ~~~ld D:a~r~i · said. "She mtght not have been'.at his · .. ''There are plenty of redn~kS m and .. Industries~ a:succe~r toJ:i?ns~~. :·; ~~The ive community. AS part side every hour of everyday, but that's ·around Waterloo that are still unhappy . lion Machinery O?~:.~·~~.rel~te,.lll;:,,: :itivpli 0 remember the war, the only because. she, too, was out there · .· Rath attracted 80 many ~la~~·peo~le . · Waterloo; ·. a~d~o~ ~ ot~~_r.:~~~~~~~ss, ;.·, amv« .oct'ety t's pla'nning an helpin~ people. She was always on· the from Holmes County, MISS., he satd. ·.prospects; Beechers~ud; .. ,>.· :' ·-' '· ....• ,1 Ani

frontlmes." "lamnotoneofthem." •. . . ·· "He'wasjustat'the'point'wllerehf,:/fi> gt t.: Victorian Home and Rosemary Beach, the former director Slife walked away fJVm the Semite was f!'Ce of other j~bs. and,..!i~nt~d}o ;:;;' ~a?d .. 1 use M.useum from Jan. ··of the Cedar.Fnlls Historical Society · ·in· July .1992, just nine month.-; ~fter.he· . work m the eotnmumty/' B<*:eh~rsatd. ,,: .',. <:;. n i 1. · w~o·h~d known the couple for. ye~rs, ran i.mopposed, for a f~ll, 'o.ur·y~nr · Jimmie Porter,,director.:of the pta~k::~'./. :': ~ it, caiJed "Cedar. Falls .. sat~ friends never thought of one wtth- .. 'term. Weary of the partt.~? bt~kermg · Community: Enabl.er Jrogr.~mi sa.ld .. •'. 'M.,. · · ·. '

Wr""\ War II,.': will outthe other. · . . ,, , · and the stow pa~ of the legtsl~tiVe pro- Harry Slife's commttmet~t to. th~ black' · · . . () ~" jront and <;edar . "Tbe~ cume as a. matched set, cess, he threw htmself back mto local . community went beyond financtal q>n• ... · · · · ,, .·

rtbunons, to natton~l Beach srud. . > . projects with zeal. . ' . . tributions. > > > . ·. ' ,,: ',. ·. : < ·. s.t :mizers hope people wtll .... Gov. Terry Branstad deScribed Harry · A partial ·list would show that he · ."You could ·always go:t.o. hill);'~·- .. ,.w.as) ·rom, th~ display ~it~ a .. ·Slife as a community lea~er, and satd · helped ~tart and served. on the board of ··• Porter 5aid M_onday. "1-(e.was nott~e:· .. firea~~ ta~dntg and apprectahon the state has lost. ','one ~f tts finest and the Afri~ Palace, w~tch later beca!lle most vocru ·pe!'Son, but. he .was a great:. over\ lunng the war years, most-respected atizcns. . the Martm Luther King Jr. EducatiOn tto;tener.He has such. an understanding, 18 ne nee, .one'of th~ duties "He did.~ l~t for a lot of peoplet. Center in Waterloo; ~rved IIS~hairrnan . ofSQCialp(oblemc;~···y·:,•:' ,>' •:.·,;· .:/•:; :··,.ins .. added to. their list of .B.mnsta~ satd. ,en: lo; no end to the · of the Cedar ~alt~y ~nomtc Devel·.· · .Porter said his relationship.\VjthSltfc··.: 'iRa

1ar~ening. bre. n.d. knives, gOOd. thmgs. Y.OU could sa.y· n"?lit Harry oJJment. Commts,c;ton, Covenant, Medl ...... · d11tes bock 25 yeot'll when. 1 11.'1 pres. I. dent····.·.· stopt le o(sliced;..&lread was nnd Polly Shfe. (Their) d~th IS a tra~c cal Center Board of Directo~s and of Rath Packing Co.;·Slife·gave·P,orte~: ·~:we.st, Scouts collected silk and loss to their .~any, .friends .and t~ t e,, . Wartburg College Board of .Regents;· · · a leave ohbsen,cc fronphe pla~t to<: ','~,C:out ry, for recycling;·,Wast.e state oflowa. ·. . ··.· . · · . : helped est~blishMetropoli~n lmproye- work on ·rcsolvmg ractal. pr.o~l~m~ ':hsa~;l asc was exchanged for . LeRoy Redfern, a .pro~inen! Cedar· . ment Scrvtces, which provtdes summer plaguing Waterloo.::. ' . <: ': ; ?, ;·:·, ,, . :· . · : ... ._, .. .·. . Fallsattorney,.lcn~w ili,e~hfes.smce the· jobs for youths: . ·~· · · .. · ; :. · · .. "He witl.be missed in.so many, . ,::: ~;

d Th rsdays became 1950s; when Hnrry,JQtned the le~al ..... He also asststed m,fund-~mg for ·.ways "·Portenlaid~ ,"Will there·be.' "· .. , '" anb ·. u . ea· t bec.alrie .team of the now-defun. ct.Ra .. th .. Packing . the TI.{CA, YWf::A; ... Bo. ys-:Gtrls. a. u? ..• : ·anoth~r·perSo. n to take. Jii~~·ta~?lth. ink;:'.<.·a' .. ·.·· ·."'.~

{S ecause m . Co . . . . . .. . . . rur. te I . d Girl c:-:..~..uts; was·prest . . . . ,..__;,·~h. . . . . ·H'. I'~ .. " · · 'I bl' C Is· · · · · · · ·. · ·, ·. · ·.·.: 0 na rooan ... "W . , ~".:;··not:·Thank·.uuu ewas· ere,~ tS ht((•\i;'~''l ,unava: a Th 1ass~re, e. . "Everyone. -.ytll· suffer f~om tb~u c· .. · dent of the University of Northern Iowa :;: made ~difference:"·::·.'::·. :,,;: ,'·: :·i;).:;:i~·:~);;:·r :::f[l"!J c popu 3!· e oca · tc · absence,•: he srud. "~~as~ vttal .. Foundation when the UNI.~Dome fund·, ; .. Porter rnet:with' Slife•sbi: week$'''agor;.\Joc~} I C?mm 1 tte3 .rented ~u t ·. . to e~ery >Important project m ,!)tis com~ 'raising .~ve· began; se~ed ~n the State, ... to dl<ICUSS oollStruction :of' a new. bllifd.i'.'••,•.' sch~· le mt~reste _tn. gro\Vmg mumty over the past 40 Y~·. . · · , . Board of Regents;:Governor 's Com· •.. ing ·tor· radio statiolr K~BO ··: SHf~'· "'' per~i txl .. ~ . . . ; . . }be elder. R~~fern ~td Shfe deftly, · mitte~ for.Iowi:~s, ~uture Growth,. ; a d to head u thefinanee romrniH· .. ;':,tQffiJ ·e rat~oned at three patrs a bndged the pohttcal and cultural ga~, . McElroy. Founda~pn; :Waterloo: Otam~ , .. t Sfur the· · u . ~ }\i·:•\llc'k:.,,~ 1{.i::,!!:~:~f.~: ,if,j,V)cW: 1eakers w.ere ~ot available. · between W~ter}oo ~and. Cedar falls;. · .· ber of 9Qmmerce~;Iowa Oevelopm~nt . ~'We 're'~lrgo{ng.ffc{build:.Jt1;1 .<V:~r:'liiillt• ru~bersh~~ge~. ·~.· .... ru~ays doing thmg m terms.of ~e~ · Com~mssion; .. Wa!e~loo·lndustnal . there: Will be il'plaque•m'the build~g,:.·,.·din&

lreen, exh~bt.rcurator, IS.· . Wl~e ~s. ; . > . • . ; . ·. . . . .· ' Development ~atiOf\IOWa Man"" ·.' :. 4edicated to Hlll'l'Y Slife,~·che sa•d:·tr!>· :.: .: ;-ne~i peopl~ wtlhng. t?. share.. . . Ne~ther att ever 1!100, clmmmg hun . facture,rs .AC!Sociation, .. Io~a. Thxpaye~ ..•. < .. ·.·· .. • . , ,,., ,. ... •'. , ;:' f ;,,;,:K:;·:.·;:·~~):~,~·:,j,:: ... ;., ,, ... Busu perso~al memones and · for thetr 9wtl, .. he ~d.· 'H~ was the~ ~OCtatto~, Waterl.?O Civt~ F~unda ... · ,:LijeslylesEdliot. Cara!Yn·;C6le,·:. ;'·:.' ·:,:i\

tsd$hng back toJ94~ · foreverybody. : < : . 'dH · · .. tion,SartonMemon~H~ttat,.qro~t · AssistantCit)IEditor.Ptitt:Johnson···:·'r>··;

~~;iO... rri~~~ this a v~ry : ·~~~r~~ ~~!'~;d~f~ s.:;. ~ha~. r~ .· ~~~~~~··a~Ha;k~ .. le~.~~· .. · . . and~~aff.W1ter1fa'f;~:J!r~~'JJ}fJ!.·.· .. ,:,::·H., ~ ... · 1 h · · mdivtdualmvolvedmcommunttylead·. ofTechnologyFoundatton·.Board;!and· ,ora umt. enn~er. ~c~ .. ,,,. '· ·(<'tt::H" hi~itR~:rial J>eop e. w 0 .·er8hip does imd'teally,~ t:ellSO!IS they . was director cif the·National:Bank:of'.~: gela~~·B.ill~l~~,'~"l[!~u~~ ~~ tlli.f,;;~·~,;: .. ~

edm.thts,Green.satd ... doit.;_strictlyfromiljebeart•: . · Wat 100 ,. ..... , ··: ... :.· l.· .story.•:',:/':·:·.•;: .. :ry\'.:\:.,·,:··;1' Sul d.home~froritlif~·is often·· .. ·" He never did;anythi'l for the , .. H~ w~.a co-founcierofthe:Watertoo·' .. :·· ·.' ,.:··> ... •:·,.::;: :•·'. :.r. :.1

when pe .. ople·. ~htnk .a~ut· reeogni~on;"Otriste~nsa .. i ..... · . IndusttintDevelopment Ass~iation;: :· .• ·,'··,:, ..... ·.: .... , ,.10 ...... •·· ... ·· ... · · .£ .. '.'", .. ··.'y, .. A·,.,, 1~\,.'.,·.·,.;a£''1 "i···;~.·m'·{··· 11 ... · :. , .... . .. · . ·A Hawarden natiVe, Harry Sltfe. HealsowasnamedoneofthestX·most:.' ,pft V.ft ""n~CI .... "11 :>pie at home were very ·attended the U~iverslty·,ofN~rthern· prominent IOc:alleaders of.thc19,~bY.\·:·;:: ~·~ ,.,,. ,.., .. ,,';~:...,._.~~··•'iol.•..,•m , ":~a~,~~e~~~~. ~~~,!~o,~: · ;.Jo"';~ .~~ ~,:P~~~~~~~·~~~c~t~~~1~~j?! metroaren;_re.~idents.wh()re."JJI~dcd to·· . ·'Tn· nF-t .1 W !f'~;J?~~·'·~ ~.~!1' .ll !l'!1


c during the war years. tance, one of th!l duties es added to their list of sharpening bread knives, sale of. sliced b.t:ead was i rl Scouts collected silk and .iery for recycling. Waste · rea• '\as exchanged for 1ts.· ;s and Thursdays became lays because meat became ly unavailable. Casseroles ere popular. The local Viclen committee rented out. c)ple interested in. growing food;. · /ere rationed at three pairs a sneakers were not available ,. a rubber shortage.

most-respected citizens." the Martin Luther King Jr. Education j~~~~e~~He bas suCh an understanding 18t "He did a lot for a lot of people," Center in Waterloo; served as chairman of social problems.".·. ·. .. .. . ing.

Branstad said. "There is no end· to the · of the Cedar Valley Economic Deve!- Porter said his relationship with Slife F gOod things xou could say· about Harry opment Commission, Covenant Med1- dates back 25 yeafl! when, as president sto1 and Polly Slife. (Their) death is a tragic cal Center Board of Directors and of Rath Packing Co., Slife gave Porter · we loSs to their many friends and to the Wartburg College Board 6f Regents; a leave of absence from ,the plant to Co• state of Iowa." · . · ·. · · helped establish Metropolifiln Improye- work on resolving racial problems sa"

LeRoy Redfern, a pro~men~ Cedar ment Services, which provides sun;uner plaguing Waterloo.~ · ·. . ; . . ; , · Falls attorney, knew the Slifes smce the jobs for youths. · · !'He will be. missed 1n so many 1950s, when Hiuryjoined the le~al He also assisted in fund-ra~ing for ·ways," Portenmid·. ,"Will th~re:be ·.·. •...a team of the now-defunct Rath Packing the YMCA, YWCA, Boys-Grrlc; Clu? · another person to take his place?lth'!lk ':< .G Co. · -of Waterloo ~d G~l Scbuts; was pres1-. not: .Thank God he was:here.·}{iS .hf~ · · .. ~~

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absence," he said. "~ ~as ~ vital · Foundation when the UNI~Dome fund-. Porter met with Slife six weeks ago io~ to e~ery important proJect m !JUs com- 'raising firive began; served on ~he State to discuss ·constru~onof a new l)u~d- ·.·sci muruty over the past 40 Y~·. . B?ard of Regents/· Governor s Com- ing for radio statiOn K13BG. Sh~e pe

!Jle elder R~~fern ~1d Sbfe deftly · m1ttee for Iowa. s. Future Growth, . agreed to head up the finance commtt- co bndged the pohtical and cultural gak McElroy Foundation; Waterloo Cham- tee fot the group. ·. .· .. · .. ··.··· · • •. · vit between ~ater!oo .and Cedar Fal s, ber of <?>~merce, Iowa Developm~mt . "We're still going 'to build It and nil al~ays domg thing m terms of ~etro- CommiSSIOn, Wa!e~loo. Industnal there will be a plaque in the building ' dit wtde &?als. . . · . . . . . Development ~tatio~ Iowa Manu- · dedicated to Harry Slife," he said. · · · · ne

"Neither City ever tried clmmmg h1m facturers AssociatiOn, Iowa Taxpayers · · ·.: · Bt for their own," he said. "He was there Association, Waterloo Civic Founda~· . . Lifestyles Editor~. c~rolynCole, · for everybody." · . tion, Sartori Memoriiilltospital, Grout Assistant .City Editor Patt Johnson

· · Dr. Ross Christensen said Harry · Museum Trust, Cedar Falls Arts:·and and Sta~~' Writers Larry. ·. Ball. tird, De. b-. ·•H Slife was ¢!8· role model as to what an · Culture Board and Hawkeye Institute ~~ L individual involved in community lead- . of Technology Foundati?n Board; and. ·ora Blume, JenriiferJacobs; Ann. an- · ership does and really .the reasons they was director of the·NatiOnal Bankof ~~~ndBill ~Iakey contribu~e~t~. this ··

Green, exhibit curator, is Jr peopl~ willing t?. share s, personal memones and · phs dating back to 1941 >45.· ' ·. ' 1Uld like to make this a very ~xhibit of r~al people who lved in this, Green.said. .. aid home-front life is often· d when people think about

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" He never did anything for the . . He was a co-founder of the Waterloo recogniti.on," Christen_sen said.. . Industrial Development Asso~iation;

A Hawarden native, Harry Shfe He also was named one of the SIX most · eople at home were very attended the U~iversity of. North~rn prominent local leaders of the 19,80s by in what they did, and those Iowa as a phystcal educatiOn. maJ?r metro area.residents ,who responded to :ecollecti'ons can make an until he join~d the U.S. Mannes '~ an infurmal Courier, survey in January 1," she said. . World War II m 1943. He served t¥~til l990 ·

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cific tb Cedar Falls dur g ~me general counsel. for Ra~ ac • · 'Sertoma Oub, 1987 .Wmnebago Coun- · mg Co. He served as ~ce pres!dent ?f cil of the Boy. Scouts of Ameriea; ·Dis-

. . finance befo~e be~mmg prestdent,m tin·g· uished Service to Cedar-Falls, ingto Kevin Born, commit· 96?. He left Rath ml975·to beco!\'te 1989. . . ·, · · . · ary, the group' is organized.· p 1dent of Black Hawk Broadcasting .··.Polly· Slife had. been acti.ve·Wl· 'th_ th. e nteers ·from local veterans al g. roup· s and.is: .. developi · He.retired in 1985; but maintained a · cedar Falls Symphony Guild,hosptt .

d 1 · auxiliaries and the Girl ~uts. · . · ai programs~ comme ora- . full schedule of eq.>nomic eve opment . The Slifes alsO were active members. •ities and ·events to honor andothercivicaclivities.·. · · . · •· · ·r s T' · h '· u 't ·d M th d' t · tr Il veterans; their families · · . "I_ '11 stof w. ing busv :when pe. ople o ·· t 1mot Y ~ m e ·. · e 0 ts ·

'd · J 1988 . Church in Cedar'FalK :who. served on the home get tired o me," he.sa1 m une . .. . .... · .. Marge.Brom.a. Girl &:o.·. ut.Co-.lea.de.·_r tivities are slated through .·when he was named grand marshal of fri d r1995:· . . ~eSturgisFallsP~in.Ct:<Jat:Falls: ofPollySiife,recalledherdear en

· ' People never got tired ofhirn. . . as a happy, giving person.· • · • . · · '"When then-state Sen. Joy. Cormng. . '"Shesupported her husballd and

·. · · . ·was·. ·eJeCt~d ·. l~eutelt'arlt gOverno~- in _ children. ·in· all their· endeavors,. and lalllages garilge .·. November .1990,· friends persuaded . what a,wondeiful grandmother. She ... ·c·-~.o;...tJ· es· .·c·. ity. · ... · . Slife to rim for the seat He was such a .oontributed to so many liyes 7:frovt <

I.W pOj>ular.local figirre tbatthe chairman .. nursing hom¢ residents to. the v.ery .· . .. · · · · · · ·. · · ·" · · · · · · · of the Black Hawk_ County. Dem. ocrats. . youn. &" Bro_ m :said .. ~'My :memori~?f._· LES·CITY·;_Anoilpan he · .-..r..t di ·· he'·M 1:~ .... xt to. a wood-burning stove -· .• hinted that ms· party wouktbe ~-to · ·. rare J01~ ... , an .··.·miSS r .. _.· y we . ..,

ed .. "save resow:ces and l:>attlew,here you • richerf91' hilvfug ~n her: friend." > . y ignited a fire.that damag have a chance.". . . . . . .. . ······.The. Slifes~ neigh bot; and friend;· 1ear Charles ~tty :saru.rday. .. . .· .. Slife eventually fuid an opponent,' bitt · . J.unean· ~itham, said ~er · hu11ban~1 .. :s 9J!Y fireftghters.were. got58.8percentofthevote. · ·. .. ... . Di~k, ."viewed:!'Jany asafather.

lOt·(· .... -~. ,6···· p ... m. S. at·u_ .. r~ay.. to... In. th. ·e. Gen.· eral. _· .. A~m. b.Jy-an .. d .. dur._ ..• ~ ... · .. · · .. W··.·. ttha.·m ;.a•····-·.pro ... ·m .. '.n.ent v,an:. . ..Sdalt: h?me two miles,-· ing his brief Political career..;;_ he was a; .. was out o,f tOW!_l . t of CbarlesCtty. :· . i. ·. . · .·· . .. rare breed who had the self-cqnfidence . · ta~ aQotit filled pla5tic p!Ul·sttting.ne~t: and SecuritY: to.?llly'Spea]( .wJ:ten rn:.relt · · ' Cedat!Vall.ey ... e in~ the garage· caugllt flre ' h~ ~~d ~m~thmg really\ llllportarttto ·. ..Don w~ satd S~tfe . . .•. ' .. v. V'a,terJ()()'S ,read to the structure;-:The - say. ·, : , ... , · · - . · · • · . · ... · .··· .. · ... economtc dev~lopmen.t 1~ . . . . sed $5;000 ·in. drunag~., '· · ··· • · • · · •. SlifeJ gifted with a deep; booming• · . · .. he C()Uld: offenng prehm1~3ry adv1~;

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Ex-lawmaker Slife In a crash in Jasper County, an 11-year-old Boone girl "' perishes in a burning car.

By VIVIEN LOU CHEN and TOM ALEX

REGISTER STAFF WRITERS

Snow blanketed much of Iowa Sunday, causing the death of retired

-state Sen. Harry G. Slife, R-Cedar Falls, and at least two other fatali-. ties on slick roadways.

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Throughout the day, state. troopers rushed to keep up with countless calls for help from motorists as snowfall in central and northwest Iowa totaled between 4 and 6 inches.

Des Moines. "We've got cars going broadside. forcing the sedan into a off everywhere no rhyme or ditch. reason .... Cars ipping and slid~- _ _ _ ___ _ · . ingeveryw · way.' · · --:-'l'he-J~pSCifiVer;BonnieJeanSo-

The two deaths in Winneshiek ·rum, 47, of Decorah, was transferred County and one in Jasper County to a ~os~i~l i~ La Crosse, Wis., with were blamed on slick ro~d co~tdi-. multiple li\JUnes. !ions. · ·~ ; : Investigators say the Slifes and

Lost COntrol Sorum all were wearing seat belts. .

The weather sent so many return-· About 2:40p.m .• the Slifes were Harry Slife had been elected to the state Senate in 1990, but resigned < last year in disenchantment. He was E

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ing holiday travelers into a tailspin traveling eastbound on Highway 9 that troopers did not have enough when Polly Slife lost control of their time to tally the total number of traf- Oldsmobile sedan and slid across tJle fie accidents. center line into the path of a Jeep.

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Girl Trapped In Car About an hour earlier Sunday, on

Interstate Highway 80 east of Newton, passers-by frantically tried..to rescue Melissa Cole, 11, of Boone

· who died inside a burning car, Jas- · per County sheriffs officials said. · The good Samaritans managed to drag the·driver, her father, David Cole, 34, also of Boonr, out of the 1979 Buick Century to safety, authorities said, but they could not reach Melissa.

David Cole was taken to a Newton hospital, where he was later listed iri serious but stable condition.

The car carrying the Coles was going westbound near the Killduff exit

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of Moline were admitted to the same hospital, ~d both were listed in fair condition Sunday evening.

The Iowa State Patrol said Charles Bohman was driving a van westbound behind a semitrailer truck driven by Steve Thompson of Fort 1.·~...11!--- rriL------ -···._ -- '-'-

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It then collided with a Mercedes ed Pr( Beriz driven by Jane Victor, 45, of In\ St. Louis and continued in the wrong was 1

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By TOM ALEX REGISTER STAFF WRITER

Former State Sen. Harry .Slife, who was killed in a traffic accident near Decorah Sunday, was one of Iowa's "finest and most respected citizens," said Gov. Terry Branstad.

Slife resigned his legislative post lastyear, citing frustration and disenchantment with partisan politics. He"had three years remaining in his term from District 12, which includes Cedar Falls, Hudson and part of Waterloo.

Slife and his wife, Dorothea "Polly," both 70, were killed Sunday when Polly Slife lost control of the· car she was driving and the vehicle slid across the center line into the path of a Jeep, state patrol officials said. One person in the other vehicle was il\iured .

A Republican from Cedar Falls, Slife was president of Rath Packing Co. at Waterloo from 1967 to 1975 and president of Black Hawk Broadcasting Co. for 10 years after that. He was a former member of the Iowa Board of Regents.

Branstad issued a statement Sunday night saying, "The state of Iowa lost one of its finest and most re-

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spected citizens. Harry Slife was a community leader and a community supporter. He did a lot for a lot of people. There's no end to the good things you can say about Harry and Polly Slife. Harry and Polly Slife's deaths are a tragic loss to their many friends and to the state."

Slife was born at Hawarden and graduated from Hawarden High School in 1941. He attended the Uni

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to 1943 and earned a law degree from the University of Iowa in 1948.

He was mairted to PoUy Prichard on May 12, 1945, at Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif., and practiced law in Forest City from 1948 to 1956.

Slife was elected to the senate in December 1990 to rill the unexpired term of Joy Corning, who was elected lieutenant governor that Novem· ber.

In a statement about his resignation last year, Slife said he was at a stage in his life where he was. " ... not cut out for this kind of work. ·

"My serious disenchantment with the process has not only become personally aggravating, it also has clearly caused me to be a less effective senator than my constituents de· serve."

In addition to his work at Rath, Black Hawk Broadcasting, the Iowa Senate and the Iowa Board of Regents, he was a member of the board of directors of Sartori Memorial Hospital, the Waterloo Civic Foundation, the National Bank of Waterloo, the Iowa Manufacturers Association, the Iowa Taxpayers Association and several other groups and organizations.

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Archie Brooks voted against Carney'$ reappointment.

Carney, however, received support from · the five other council members and will continue to serve in his position.

Brooks and Dorrian made no public comments about their reasons for voting against Carney.

Dorrian declined later to say why he would not support Carney's reappointment.

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er instances when council members had voted against his annual reappointment. whk:h

· comes up automatically at the first council meeting of the year.

Carney became the city manager of Des Moines in May 1985. He is the sixth person to fill the manager post in 35 years. He came to Des Moines in 1982, when he was hired as an assistant city manager. · . In other business, Christine Hensley was sworn in for her first term on the council. Council members George Flagg and Tom VIassis were sworn in for new terms.

Slifes recalled as colllllntted Iowans By THOMAS A. FOGARTY

REGISTER STAFf WRITER

"It's really a tragic loss to the eneMoad, authorities said. The Senate, Harry Slife, a Republican, community," said Betty Jean Fur- Slifes' Oldsmobile sedan slid across resigned last July, saying he was gerson, a member of the Iowa the center line of the highway, col- frustrated by the Legislature's

. Board of Regents from Waterloo. liding with a Jeep driven by Bonnie slow pace and paralyzing partisan-Former state Sen. Harry Slife of v-"They were both fme, kind people, Jean Sorum, 47, of Decorah. ship. Slife was first elected in aspe-

CedarFallsandhiswife,Dorothea eachwithalotofintegrity." The Slifes, both 70, were de- cialelectionin 1990,andre-elected "Polly" Slife, who died in a week- The Slifes were traveling east on clared dead at the scerie. Sorum in 1992. end car wreck, were remembered Iowa Highway 9 just east of was reported iri serious condition Rather than stick taxpayers with

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;lin America cturned to Sioux City after the l~ Btart~d his car~er a.<> radio ockey Captain America on before landing in television. rson also was active in numermmunity organizations, cspethe Sioux City Community ·r. He started with the theater actor and eventually became ent of its board of directors en general manager. In recent he spearheaded a $500,000 ign to remodel the theater's rium. rson is survived by two sis-

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Slife moved from Forest City to the Waterloo area in in 1956 to work as a lawyer Slife for the old Rath Crash victim Packing Co. He eventually became president of the firm. In 1975, Slife left Rath for Black Hawk Broadcasting Co., where he was president for 10 years.

In 1973, former Gov. Robert Ray appointed Slife to a six-year term on the Board of Regents. In 1985, Gov. Terry Branstad appointed Slife to the Iowa Economic Development Board. Branstad called the Slifes'

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deaths "a tragic loss to their many friends and to the state of Iowa."

Wartburg Regent A Hawarden native, Harry Slife

graduated from the l1niversity of North~rn Iowa and the University of Iowa College of Law. lie was active in the UN! Foundation and as a mem· ber of the board of regents at Wartburg College in Waverly, where three daughters attended.

Slife's wealth became an issue in his 1990 election when his opponent accused him of being out of touch with ordinary people. Slife shrugged.

"I started poor and I'm not poo.· anymore," he said in an interview during the campaign. "I don't apologize for it. I don't brag about it either." ·

Economic development - including economic opportunity for Waterloo-area blaeks - was a passion for Slife, his friends say. He was instrumental in the founding of the Martin Luther King Center and the Black Community Enabler/Developer Program in Waterloo. He also established a scholarship for black students from Waterloo to attend Wartburg.

Not Paternalistic "He was one of the few people in

the white community who understood that Africi,tn-Americans need tl're power and the wherewithal to help themselves," said Furgerson, who is black. "He saw his role as a partner who could help people do things for themselves. He was not a paternalistic person at alL"

Slife resigned from the economic development board to take his Senate seat, but returned shortly thert•after as a non·voting legislative member of the paneL

"He was a tremendous board member," said Allan Thoms, state economic development director. "lie had a great sense of humor and good feel for the issues. He was never quick to anger. He was a great guy. I'll miss him a lot."

Polly Slife w:L<> a homemaker who was de('ply involved in community affairs, friends say. "She was a perfect partner for him," said Furgerson. "She was a very intelligent woman.

Funeral arrangements are being handled by Dahl-Van llove-Schoof Fum•ral Home in Cedar Falls.

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Among survivors t1rn throe Hon Harold, Uaymond and Harv(!y, alit Waukl'c; two daughters, Margm Stamp of Lewis· and Shir\(~y ~itch1 of Littleton, Colo.; a brother, Em01 Aikin of Loveland, Colo.; IS gt:an• children; 41 great-grandchildre and four great.·~reat·gnmdchildrc\t

Friends may call aftt~r 3 p.r' today at. Fisher Funeral Hom whert' tht' familv will mN•t. frii'Yl• from 7 toR p.m. ·

LcianuARv PouciEs --oanuARIES of current arul f()'I"YYt(

residents of central Iowa a1 published free of charge by Tb Register, but the obituaries mw include certain inform.ati01. including a speclf~ cause of deatJ age and home address. Condense obituaries are used if the perso moved .fiwn central Iowa ~ tJw 20 years ago. Peop~e who war specific warding for an obituary 1

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Waukee criticisrr:

By DAN EGGEN Rf:CISTER STAFf' WRITER

Presiding over his first City.COl cil meeting as Waukee's may Claire "Chet'' Chedester repeal many of the same criticisms tl landed him in political hot wa before he even took office.

''There (are) so many areas tl (are) not up to par," Chedestfr sai•

"The wheel's not broken, but does have a bad break in it, or \h01 I say a chip out of it."

Officially speaking, Monda~ \1 the first day on the job for Cht•(i: ter, a 46-year-old businessman a retired bank manager who won el tion in November by 32 votes.

But realistically, it was han Chedester's first day of mayo' work.

The contrarian mayor-cl<•ct, w campaigned as a "hands-on" c:m date, set the quiet suburb abuzz w: some radical ideas for change afl his e!N'tion.

In letters to the City Council a1


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neral for former state Sen. Harry Slife and his wife, Polly, will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Nazareth Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls .

The service was moved from the Slifes' church - St. Timothy's United Methodist- because Nazareth Lutheran is bigger. .

The Slifes, both 70, died Sunday when their car slid into the path of an oncoming vehicle on Iowa Highway 9 four miles east of Decorah.

Harry Slife served in the Iowa Senate from 1991-93. He was also former president of Rath Packing Co. and Black Hawk Broadcasting Co.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m . Thursday at the funeral home and 10 a.m. to noon Friday at Nazareth Lutheran Church.

Buena Vista College teacher" s death is suicide Tm: Ruasn-:~t's It'"'·' NnrsSEI{\'U:E

Stonn ·Lake, Ia. - An assistant professor of business at Buena Vista College died last week in what school officials say was a suicide.

Carroll Vaughn, 61, of Storm Lake_ died Dec. 28 in a Warrensburg, Mo., motel room of asphyxiation. He taught for the Stonn Lake-based college for five years and at the college's Council Bluffs center off and on since the early 1980s, said Susan Cameron, director of college rela- · tions.

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