![](/webres/Image/videos/video-th-si.jpg) ARTICLE: A Good Man Down Sports Illustrated Article by Lee Jenkins that appeared in the July 06, 2009, Volume 111, Issue 1 July 06, 2009 | ![](/webres/Image/videos/video-th-apfootball.jpg) VIDEO: Coach Ed Thomas and Aplington-Parkersburg football The Register followed Coach Ed Thomas and the A-P High School football team for their first home game following the devastating tornado of May 2008. Fall 2008 | ![](/webres/Image/videos/video-th-memorial-day09.jpg) VIDEO: Ed Thomas Speech Ed Thomas speaks at his church in Parkersburg, Iowa, on the Sunday of Memorial Day this year - the one-year anniversary of the tornado. |