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THURSDAY, August 13, 1998 REGIONRECORDS Iowa City Press-Citizen 5A Obituaries The new world of MidAmericcn Energy MijAmerican Energy Company, with headquarters in Des Moines, and Nebraska-based CalEnergy Company announced merger plans Wednesday. Midwest ooerations Corporate hearJquarters Major coiporate office: Real estate headqua: i A Electric generation -cpp I West If' V. 0 3 Jcotter I Global portfolio Energy operations A Energy construction Energy development Northern Electric Britain retail ML. subsidiary i I avmm i- I TGas exploration I In II in 1 I Merger From 1A electric and natural gas service to 1 ,267,000 customers in those states. CalEnergy will pay $27.15 in cash for each MidAmerican common share, which amounts to a $4 billion contract.

Levy said the merger is expected to take effect by the first quarter of 1999, or about April I He said it depended on how long it takes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The merged companies will use the MidAmerican name and have headquarters in Des Moines. Upon the merger, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. will become the state's largest publicly traded company with expected annual revenues of about $5 billion and more than 3 million retail customers. "CalEnergy is the ideal partner for us, a fast-growing innovator in competition and energy markets around the globe," Levy said.

The University of Iowa, which uses approximately 225 million kilowatt hours per year outside of its own generators, is considered one of Mid American's larger clients. UI officials recently signed a five-year utility contract last month. In light of recent events, UI associate vice president of facility services group Dick Gibson said he could not imagine how the merger will affect their relationship. "We spent months in negotiation with them, and I don't anticipate (MidAmerican's) transaction will any way impact our agreement with them," Gibson said. MidAmerican CalEnergy Comply Inc.

Charles Sandersfeld, 34 Charles Robert Sandersfeld, 34, of Parnell, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1998, at the Marengo Memorial Hospital after an auto accident three miles south of Williamsburg on Highway 149. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Parnell with the Rev.

John Whalen officiating. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Parnell. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Uhlmann-Powell Funeral Home in Williamsburg with a prayer service at 8 p.m.

A memorial fund has been established for his children. Mr. Sandersfeld was born on Oct. 8, 1963, in Cedar Rapids, to Waldemar A. and Helen (Beer) Sandersfeld.

He graduated from Williamsburg High School in 1982, and attended Kirkwood Community College. He married Barbara Carney on April 5, 1986, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Williamsburg. He worked as a manager for the Williamsburg Super Valu for 1 1 years. He was a member of St.

Joseph Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife; one son, Justin; one daughter, Shaelyn, all of' Parnell; his mother, Helen Sandersfeld of Homestead; and one brother, Thomas Sandersfeld of Elkader. His father in 1990, and a brother, John in 1987, died earlier. Elma Colony, 95 Elma Hazel Colony, 95, of 701 Oaknoll Drive, died Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1998, at Oaknoll Retirement Residence after a short illness.

Memorial services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the North Liberty United Methodist Church with the Rev. Scott Lothe officiating. Burial will be private. There will be no visitation.

Her body has been cremated. Memorials may be made to the North Liberty United Methodist Church. The George Gay Funeral Home and Crematorium is in charge of arrangements. Press-CitizervBob Pattern He said MidAmerican will rely upon CalEnergy's experience with deregulation since its United Kingdom subsidiary. Northern Electric, is in a deregulated market.

The merged companies have written a letter of intent to purchase one 600 megawatt generating station somewhere in Eastern Iowa or Western Illinois to meet markets in Illinois and Wisconsin within 18 months. Levy specifically mentioned interest in pursuing the Chicago market. Source MidAmerican Energy Co. "One thing we do anticipate is the deregulation of electrical industry. We don't know when." With CalEnergy owning and managing power generation facilities and assets in the United States, Asia, and Europe where there are deregulated markets, Levy said the merger was made in expectation of deregulation.

"We were looking to get bigger," Levy said. "When deregulation hit, we knew we had to get larger and we investigated our options." Regional roundup If you have information about an area town, send it to Area Briefs, P.O. Box 2480, lima Citv, Iowa, 52244; fax 339-7342, or call 337-3181. Parnell man killed in car accident Vie Press-Citizen A Parnell man was killed in a single car accident Tuesday night after being thrown from the vehicle. The accident occurred at 11:49 p.m.

on Highway 149 when the vehicle left the road, flipped and rolled numerous times in the ditch. The passenger, Charles R. Sandersfeld, 34, of Parnell, was transported to Marengo Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The driver of the vehicle, Callum D. 'Trimpe, 21, of Williamsburg, was treated for minor injuries at University Hospitals.

The Iowa County Sheriff's Office is investigating. Men charged for burning trailer The Press-Citizen Two Knoxville men were charged with reckless use of fire Monday after setting a trailer on fire. Documents filed in Johnson County District Court Tuesday show an officer responded at 10:38 a.m. to the 4000 block of Napoleon Lane after seeing smoke. The officer found two men near the scene; Howard Walter Davis, 54, of Knoxville and Henry John Brand, 66, of Knoxville.

Davis and Brand told the officer they had set the property on fire because it was a health hazard. Iowa City Capt. Patrick Harney said the men were relatives to the owner who is in a care center. The fire was set to get rid of the building so they could clean the property up. They weren't charged with arson because it was not a malicious act, he said.

local law enforcement agencies when they get new leads. At night, the computer automatically runs for matches against death cases. Any information on an unidentified body available, such as height or weight, is entered into the computer. 'The computer sends messages to both agencies saying 'You might want to check it Nerem said. Meanwhile, authorities are waiting on more cause of death and toxicology reports.

Homicide From 3A on the case. The Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse is the center for collecting and disseminating information on missing persons, said Wendie Nerem, operations coordinator and program planner. The clearinghouse is within the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. Nerem said 580 people had been reported missing in Iowa as of Monday. Of those, 469 were juveniles.

Nerem said the clearinghouses of all 50 states work together to share computerized information and photos of missing persons. If there are any similarities in a missing persons report and that of an unidentified body, the computer tags them. Nerem said they contact the Carl Bell, 67 Carl Herbert Bell, 67, of 3701 Second No. 19B, Coralville, died Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1998, at his home of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Services will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at the George L. Gay Funeral Home and Crematorium with the Sister Agnes Giblin officiating. Burial will be in the Memory Gardens Cemetery with military rites by the Coralville American Legion Post No. 721, assisted by local military organizations.

Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society or American Diabetes Foundation. Mr. Bell was born on Nov.

11, 1930, in Iowa City, to Carl Edward and Marjorie Alverta (Runyon) Bell. He was a lifelong resident of the Iowa City area. He married Marilyn Eash in 1973, in Iowa City. He was a safety inspector at River Products Company. He was a member of the VFW and Eagles and was a Korean Air Force veteran.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Stephen Tracey Owens of Muscatine and Alexander Graham Bell of Riverton, three daughters, Patricia Pauline Rogers of Iowa City, Annie Mumford and her husband, Guy, of Iowa City, Victoria Ballantine and her husband, John, of Arion; two stepsons, Rodney Holdemess of Coralville and Carl Holderness of Iowa City; three stepdaughters, Connie Conner of Iowa City, Cheryl Dorothy and her husband, Rick, of Ainsworth, and Carol Grell and her husband, Mike, of Iowa City; three stepsons, Rex Allan Graham of Albuquerque, Bruce Graham and his wife, Colleen, of Portland, and Clay Kevin Graham and his wife, Cheryl, of North Liberty; four stepdaughters, Linda Evans and her husband, Nick, of Iowa City, Cheryl Machoveck and her husband, Mike, of Springville, Mary Evans and her husband, Doug, of Iowa City, and Yvette Yansky and her husband, Doug, of Sharon City, one brother, Russell Bell and his wife, Bonnie, of Kalona; one sister, Loretta Graham and her husband, Alfred, of Kalona; 41 grandchildren and 1 3 great-grandchildren. His parents, three sons, Timothy Lee Owens, David Charles Bell and Carl H. Bell II, one daughter, Carla Rae Daves, one brother, James Bell, and two sisters, Doris Jackson and Marjorie Kay Bell, died earlier. Gerald Stutzman, 76 Gerald David Stutzman, 76, of Wellman, died Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1 998, at his home after a sudden illness.

Services will begin at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Salem Mennonite Church west of Wellman with Wilford Stutzman, John Mark Miller and Wilford Beachy officiating. Burial is in the Salem Mennonite Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the Salem Mennonite Church.

A memorial fund has been established. Powell Funeral Home of Wellman is in charge of arrangements. Mr, Stutzman was bom on Oct. 2, 1921, in Wood River, to Joseph and Anna (Stoltzfus) Stutzman. He attended school in Nebraska.

He married LaVerda Estelle Schnase on Sept. 27, 1944, in Smith Center, Kan. They moved to rural Wellman in 1956. He farmed and was a carpenter at the Wayland Carpenter Shop for 25 years, retiring in 1980. He was a charter member of the Salem Mennonite Church, serving on the Board of Trustees, building committee and as Sunday school superintendent.

Survivors include his wife; six children, Ronald L. Stutzman and his wife, Glenna, of Iowa City, Cynthia R. Yoder and her husband, Joel, of Thornton, Robert L. Stutzman Dirths July 29 GAMON: A son, Mario Alberto to Elsa and Mario Gamon of West Liberty. Born July 29 at Mercy Hospital.

moved to the Coral Ridge 10-screen movieplex. Until negotiations conclude, Ambrose said he cannot release specific retail or business names. City Center Square should open in November. Hayworth said the city still must decide what to do with the northwest corner of Fifth Street and 12th Avenue. Street improvements remain for 10th Avenue and Sixth Street between 10th and 12th avenues, he said.

There also is potential work along Fifth Street east of 10th Avenue, he said. Hayworth said City Center Square is an excellent addition to the district. It will feature the specialty retail shops city officials always wanted for the area, he said. The project will benefit from Tow Square tenants who will spend lunch and coffee breaks at the shops, Skaugstad said. The specialty shops in City Center Square will create destinations, Skaugstad said, attracting more visitors to the district.

City Center Square includes plans for the Coral IV Theatres building. Ambrose said a national chain restaurant and a health club are strong prospects for the theater. Coral IV Center From 3A Construction workers have started framing the first building and excavated the second last week, Ambrose said. The courtyard fountain will feature a sculpture called "Journey" by artist Gary Price of Springville, Utah, Ambrose said. Prospective tenants include an art gallery, gift shops, a specialty furniture store, bank office, hair salon, lighting store, a coffee shop and deli.

Courts Warning signs Compulsive shopping is an excessive and inappropriate shopping and spending behavior that leads to severe emotional distress andor marriage, financial and legal problems. Dr. Donald Black, a University of Iowa professor of psychiatry, suggestions for those who might be suffering from compulsive shopping. Take stock of your shopping behavior and admit to yourself that you have a shopping problem. Cut up all credit cards and get rid of the checkbook.

Do not go shopping by yourself. Find other, meaningful ways to spend your time. In severe cases, seek counseling, including financial counseling. Some compulsive shoppers have other mental disorders that are contributing to the shopping problem. In those cases, the sufferers must seek treatment for the other, underlying conditions.

Shopping From 1 A of the compulsive shoppers' close relatives suffer the same problem. In comparison, only 2 to 3 percent of the entire population has the compulsive shopping condition. Black explained that people might inherit a predisposition for poor impulse control. In women who account for 80 to 90 percent of compulsive buyers the lack of control becomes expressed in their shopping habits. "I could walk into about any office and find someone (who is a compulsive shopper)," Black said.

"It's that prevalent of a problem." But not everyone agrees. Coral Ridge Mall shopper Ellen Doese said she knew of no one she would ctassi- fy as compulsive, including herself. "When I go shopping it is to get something specific," said the Fairbank resident. Marvin Morris of Newton, who was shopping with his boys and wife Wednesday at Coral Ridge, questioned the female focus. He said he was the compulsive one in the family.

"I think men are more compulsive than woman who tend to shop around," Morris said. "Whereas, men just go out and buy." Black's research showed otherwise. Black called the addictive shopping condition the female equivalent of compulsive gambling, which tends to affect more men. Both disorders tend to be chronic, lifelong and difficult to treat. Compulsive shopping tendencies usually surface during the late teens or early 20s.

In his study, Black also found that 20 percent of compulsive shoppers' relatives were alcoholics, compared to 4 percent of the relatives of the comparison subjects. Eighteen percent of compulsive shoppers experienced depression, compared to 7 percent in Tenant files injunction against landlord The Press-Citizen A local woman has filed an injunction against her apartment manager and owner regarding the return of taken personal property, according to documents filed Wednesday in Johnson County District Court. The claim states owner Edward Pazzini and manager Nicole Pazzini "wrongfully and maliciously seized secreted said property" belonging to Christine Rooney. Rooney, a student at the University of Iowa, was supposed to move out of her apartment, 701 Bowery St. No.

8, by noon on July 31. Her father notified the manager and owner that she would not be able to do so until Aug. 6 and offered to pay for any damages and inconvenience. The petition claims both Pazzini's threatened the property would be removed. On Aug.

4, Nicole Pazzini told Rooney 's mother a key and instructions for finding the property would be mailed. No such information has been received, according to the claim. Edward Pazzini said he was unable to comment, but felt there has been a communication problem. He said the property has been put in storage. A hearing is scheduled for Friday morning.

Rooney is seeking immediate return of her property and compensation for court costs, damage done to property, as well as punitive with possession of marijuana at 1 2:42 a.m. Wednesday at 300 E. Washington St. Jesse Clay Miles 27, of 320 Second St. Iowa Lodge No.

105, Coralville, was charged with drunken driving Wednesday at 5 1 1 S. Capitol St. Hoang Phi Nguyen, 25, of 120 N. Clinton St. No.

3, was charged with carrying weapons at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1001 25th Coralville. Records show police were called to a reported theft and attempted forgery. Nguyen was detained and searched, according to court documents, and a butcher knife was found in the neck flap of his windbreaker. Jordan John Schindler, 20, of 605 Melrose was charged with drunken driving at 2:28 a.m.

Wednesday at 10 N. Clinton St. John Roger Shepherd, 43, of 2044 Tanglewood was charged with drunken driving Wednesday at Riverside Drive and Iowa Avenue. Bruce Douglas Straub, 38, of 2100 Scott Blvd. No.

120, was charged with possession of marijuana and child endangerment Tuesday at 70 Sunrise Village. Records show Straub was being arrested for simple assault and a "one hitter" fell out of a pocket. He picked it up, put it behind his back and handed it to his 7-year-old daughter, according to records, and she put it behind her back. The daughter gave it to officers when asked for it. Raymond Walter Vance, 19, of Sun Lakes, was charged with assault causing injury at 4:07 a.m.

Wednesday at Washington and Gilbert streets. Jamie Michelle Anderson, 2 1 of I15'i Sv Dubuque St. No. 2, was charged with drunken driving at 1 1 19 p.m. Tuesday at 300 E.

Burlington St. Vernon Dale Blankenship, 47, of Riverside, was charged with drunken driving at 1:48 a.m. Wednesday at Prentiss and Dubuque streets. Levi Charles Braem, 18, of 1 1 16 Weeber Circle, was charged with possession of marijuana at 1:47 a.m. Wednesday at Highway 6 and Scott Blvd.

Jay Chanpong, 2 1 of 22 1 River St. No. 4, was charged with drunken driving at 1:40 a.m. Wednesday at Clinton and Jefferson streets. Chye Lock Chua, 28, of 1614 Morningside Drive, was charged with possession of marijuana and drunken driving at 12:42 a.m.

Wednesday at 300 E. Washington St. Dennis Lee Ferguson, 907 23rd Coralville, was charged with domestic assault causing injury Tuesday at Hills Access in rural route Hills Area. Jerel Fowler, 26, 1906 Broadway St. Apt.

25, was charged with drunken driving at 10:01 p.m. Tuesday at Sandusky Drive and Broadway Street. Joseph George Harris, 29, of 2501 Holiday Road, Coralville, was charged with possession of marijuana at 12:42 a.m. Wednesday at 300 E. Washington St.

Alonzo Michael Jordan, 28, of 728 E. College St. No. 4, was charged with possession of marijuana at 12:42 a.m. Wednesday at 300 E.

Washington St. Jodi Lynn Leech, 28, of 2604 Bartelt Road No. ID, was charged and his wife, Betty, of Keota, James G. Stutzman and his wife, Becky, of Milford, Gene D. Stutzman and his wife, Alice, of Kaleva, and Annette K.

Swartzendruber and her husband, Scott, of Shedd, two brothers, Merle Stutzman of Shedd and Wilford Stutzman of Keota; two sisters, Erma Troyer and Berdine Beckler, both of Kalona; 30 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His parents and one daughter, Yvonne, died earlier. the comparison group. And, 7 percent of the compulsive buyers' relatives have a drug-use problem, while only I percent do in the control group. Between 1994 and I997, Black studied 33 compulsive shoppers and 22 people who reflected the general Iowa population.

He interviewed the volunteers about their psychiatric history and that of close relatives. He also asked the compulsive shoppers to describe their relatives' shopping habits, including what they bought and how much time they spent shopping. Black plans to continue studying compulsive shopping and eventually wants to write a book on the subject. 1 Corrections Tlie Pins-Citizen strives to moke every story fair and accurate. If we are wiring, we will run a correction in this space.

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