Prairie High Builds Trades Certificate Program for New Apprentices
Prairie High starts a Building Trades Certificate Program in January with 10 students, the Corridor’s first high school trade path. A April 13 building jobs expo at Hawkeye Downs will inform job seekers about trade opportunities as unions expand apprenticeship efforts to offset retirements and industrial shifts.
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Prairie High
Hawkeye Downs
Jerry Hintz
Sheet Metal Workers Union
Hintz
Plumbers and Steamfitters
Carpenters
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids unions run vast apprentice programs statewide
Apprenticeship schools run by The Plumbers, Sheet Metal Workers, Carpenters, Electrical Workers and Painters operate in Cedar Rapids training hundreds of apprentices. In Iowa over 450 programs serve various industries with about 5,000 apprentices. east-central Iowa has around 100 programs and nearly 1,000 apprentices. Starting wage averages 11.67 per hour and completion pay averages 22.30.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar Rapids swimmer aims to conquer English Channel
Heineman trains 30 miles weekly and plans a July attempt after securing sponsorships for charity. He has prepared with input from the Free Clinic and the Channel Swimming Association, awaiting optimal weather and sea conditions while continuing pool workouts in Iowa.
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Heineman
Oxford University
England
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Free Clinic
Sandy Pickup
Lance Armstrong
English Channel
Coast Guard
The
Channel Swimming Association
Iowa
Cocoa boosts brain blood flow potential says researchers
Researchers at the AAAS meeting report flavanols in cocoa may raise brain blood flow and aid dementia treatment. Ian MacDonald notes higher cerebral perfusion in young women given high flavanol cocoa during MRI tasks. Norman Hollenberg cites Panama Cuna findings, while cautions about calories and taste.
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San Francisco
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Ian MacDonald
England
University of Nottingham
MacDonald
Norman Hollenberg
Harvard Medical School
Cuna
Panama
Hollenberg
Frontier considers guaranteed revenue to lure Cedar Rapids flights
Cedar Rapids joins 50 communities in mid October seeking Frontier service with two daily Cedar Rapids to Denver flights. The city would provide a $500000 revenue guarantee to attract a lowfare carrier, a move Mann says could boost fares savings and passenger growth, citing Quad City and Eastern Iowa airports. If the guarantee is secured, Frontier negotiations would proceed before service begins.
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Cedar Rapids
Frontier
Denver
Mann
Airport Commission
Quad City International
Iowa
Metropolitan Airport Authority
Rock Island County
Des Moines
Chicago
Federal Aviation Administration
AirTran
Quad City
Warren son eyes return to baseball after surgery
Brent Warren threw a ball Sunday for the first time since surgery, prompting ESPN and Giminez to spotlight his progress. Warren and family anticipate a Mayo Clinic appointment on March 20 to determine if he can resume baseball, with support from New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter and Nolan Ryan memorabilia.
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New York Yankees
Derek Jeter
Nolan Ryan
Giminez
Warren
Brent Warren
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
ESPN
Warrens
Brent
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