Advanced driver education aims to curb school bus crashes
GM engineer Thomas Nesbitt leads a program to reduce bus driver error by teaching five range exercises. The initiative follows analysis showing driver error caused most injuries and involves classroom work and behind the wheel training demonstrated to about 100 public school transport supervisors in Minnesota.
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65th Birthday for Boy Scouts in Hawkeye Council
Nearly 10 000 Scouts in seven Eastern Iowa counties mark the 65th anniversary with three council wide activities this week and unit events in February. The observance promotes Be Prepared for Life Be Safe Be Fit with Uniform Day Friday Scout Sabbath and Scout Sunday planned across the region. Civic days with the American Legion mark Feb 18 for Linn county and Feb 19 for Cedar Rapids and Warhawk district Scouts with selected youths visiting city or county offices.
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