Iowa City prepares to send 40 task force members abroad
About 300 loved ones gathered at the Iowa City Armory to bid farewell to roughly 40 members of Task Force 168 departing for Camp Dodge before training at Fort Hood and deployment overseas likely to Iraq. Spc Jeffrey Sweatt said his family remains strong. The unit, drawn from 13 Iowa communities, will conduct close quarters combat and security duties during its 18 to 24 month mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Iowa Guard Units Prepare for Deployment Ceremonies
At 12 30 p m ceremonies at the Iowa National Guard Armory near Waterloo Airport and at The Eastern Iowa Airport honor soldiers from 1st Battalion 133rd Infantry and Company B 334th Forward Support Battalion One spouse says she fears for her husband as he heads out for a year and a half Col Martin Graber praises the units as the best of the best for deployment readiness
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Iowa libraries win CD settlement distribution plan
Iowa libraries will receive about fifty thousand compact discs from a 1.6 million dollar CD antitrust settlement. Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Coralville libraries apply and will get CDs based on their collections and service populations. Local officials must file requests by tomorrow to participate.
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Libraries to receive 11 music genres in new CD program
Public libraries will get randomly distributed CDs across eleven genres including Rock country blues jazz roots and classical with contents adapting to patron needs. If duplicates or unsuitable titles arrive libraries may pass them to others or sell them to fund library services and expect shipments by early summer to expand a 15000 CD collection.
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