Toy gun ban debate at Cedar Rapids preschool faces enforcement gaps
Parents express support for restricting toy guns at Cedar Rapids Parents Preschool but admit enforcement is difficult. Some children imitate real weapons from TV and film, while others resist violent play using imagination with nonrealistic props. Local families discuss balancing pacifist ideals with children's curiosity and peer pressure.
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Connie Rutz
Care Learning Center
Eighth St. SE
the Gazette
Hill
Kinder-Care Learning
Kinder-Care
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Rey Vex
Tom McCuskey
Ian
McCuskey
Blake Bivd
James
McCaskey
Mary Ann Peters
Nick
Peters
Fairfax
Eters
Atminster Presbyterian Church
Third Ave
Arla Fisk
Fisk
Local teen shines at International Special Olympics
Jarrod Hootman 16 of Marion earned a silver in doubles bowling and a bronze in singles at the International Special Olympics in South Bend. Cheryl Burns VOLUNTEER at UNI. 4,700 athletes from 72 countries competed. Iowa athletes also earned multiple medals across bowling, gymnastics, high jump, softball throw, swimming, and track.
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Marion
Jarrod Hootman
South Bend
Ind
Hootman
Linnhaven
11Th St
Steve Wampler
Wampler
Jason Lanken
Webster City
Jarrod
Notre Dame University
Cheryl Burns
Eighth St NW
Burns
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Kennedy High School
John Denver
Whitney Houston
Oprah Winfrey
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Iowa
Loel Gross
Oelwein
Carla Harkin
John Flannery
Grinnell
Sharon Lough
Richland
Cal Brus
Blue Grass
Chad Thomas
Toledo
Quad Cities
Nancy Fitzgerald
Cedar Rapids
Arthroscopy Offers Quick TMJ Disease Treatment
In Philadelphia, TMJ sufferers can be diagnosed and treated via arthroscopy, a knee procedure adapted for the jaw. Dr. Barry Hendler notes the technique uses a pinhole entry, shows images on a monitor, and allows outpatient surgery with rapid recovery. Stress related TMJ may respond to noninvasive measures before surgery.
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Philadelphia
Barry H. Hendler
The
Medical College of Pennsylvania
Hendler
Attic Ventilation For Lower Cooling Costs
Home guidance explains adding attic vents reduces attic temps and energy use. A rule of thumb is one square inch of vent area per square foot of attic floor, considering net free vent area and airflow in both summer cooling and winter moisture removal.
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Dar Rapids
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