Oil prices spark investor rally amid energy price concerns
Investors watch crude trends as oil hovers near 50 dollars a barrel and rising energy costs threaten corporate profits. The week ahead includes Treasury bill auctions and quarterly results from Toys R Us Heinz Longview Fibre and Dollar General. GDP data Friday gauge energy price impact on output.
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John Sheehan of St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids
John Sheehan 43 executive vice president chief operating officer at St Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids describes his first nursing assistant job at St Mary's Hospital Madison and health care economics research. He emphasizes honesty integrity lifelong learning and aims to further the hospital's legacy while engaging the community.
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ISU CyCADET team tests weightless flight aboard KC-135
CyCADET team members from ISU piloted a KC-135 to 35 000 feet then dived to 10 000 feet for about 25 to 30 seconds of weightlessness. Tyler Rasmussen and Andrew Tekippe described the experience and testing of tumbling, solar panel response, and inertia changes using reaction wheels during 30 trials. Rasmussen hopes a Johnson Space Center fly-along repeats and the team plans redesigns to improve results.
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Girls' Washington trip fuels youth interest in voting
Grace and Jessica Brehm, daughters of Tom and Molly Brehm and Clarence and Cynthia Heacock, explored government on a daylong trip to Washington. They wish they could vote this fall, with Grace backing Bush and Jessica Kerry after meeting Sen. Grassley.
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Dream of a Covered Bridge Near Spencer’s Grove Finally Nears Finish
Vernon, a lifelong farmer turned retiree, leads a local effort to cover a 16 foot wide bridge deck built four years ago from steel I beams. The project, near the Linn Benton line west of Walker, will bear the name Spencer’s Grove Bridge once completed.
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