Families rally around Alzheimer's facility closure
The Gazette reports North Liberty's Liberty Country Living Alzheimer's care center faced closure after the state found lacking assisted living certification.14 residents relocated to Arbor Crest and other facilities. 20 staff lost jobs. Families praise staff while lamenting disruption and delays for waiting residents.
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Liberty Country Living
Arbor Cave
Cedar Rapids
Hills
Strawberry Point
Columbus Junction
Colorado
Meridean Maas
University of Iowa
North Liberty Home
Maas
Kate Kasten
Iowa City
Kasten
Janet Specht
Kathleen Buckwalter
Bill Coen
Buckwalter
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Symphony appoints Jason Wright as new executive director
Cedar Rapids Symphony names Jason Wright as executive director for the 2003-04 season. Wright, formerly executive director of Amarillo Symphony, will start in September and replaces Kathy Hall who left for the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. He will oversee finances and audience development as the 82nd season opens September 20 with Capriccio Italien.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Jason Wright
The
Amarillo Symphony
Amarillo
Texas
Cedar
Phony
Wright
Kathy Hall
Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
James Sealy
Cedar Rapids Symphony Foundation
Hall
Symphony
Prisons face safety risk from Iowa budget cuts
Iowa corrections officials urged the Board of Corrections to fund a 2005 budget, warning that rising admissions and staff shortages threaten safe humane incarceration. Warnings came as wardens reported staff losses and rising overtime costs while proposing cost saving measures such as a dedicated medical unit at Oakdale and an in house pharmacy.
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James Q. Lynch
Coralville
John Baldwin
John Ault
Anamosa
Rusty Rogerson
Oakdale
Rogerson
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Clarinda
Ault
John Mathes
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Baldwin
Schmidt DeBoer custody case spurred law changes in Iowa
Dan Schmidt fought for his daughter amid a landmark custody battle that led Iowa to create a putative father registry and tighten birth mother protections. The case prompted broader reforms including mandatory counseling for birth mothers, 72 hour birth-to-termination rule, and best interests considerations. Michigan and other states responded with faster rulings and shifts in adoption law.
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Schmidt-DeBoer
DeBoers
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Iowa Supreme Court
Michigan
Iowa
Dan Schmidt
Schmidt-De- Boer
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Juvenile Public Defender’s Office
Des Moines
Miller
Youth Law Center
DeBoer
Jan
Roberta DeBoer
Hear My Voice
Ann Arbor
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