Community groups push new rape prevention approaches
Iowa groups like RVAP YWCA and AVAP stress relationship education and boundary setting to reduce sexual assault. Officials note 1998 saw 704 reported rapes among 1814 sex offenses with 60 rapes in a recent July-September period. outreach programs educated 1600 students in 29 schools in Linn and Benton counties.
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Iowa
Iowa City
RVAP
YWCA
Linda Vance
Fifth St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Rebecca Hartley
University of Iowa Department of Anatomy and
Hartley
Christie Munson
AVAP
Fitzgerald
Johnson
Cedar
Washington
Munson
Vance
Linn
Benton
Community groups share resources on sexual abuse in Iowa
In Linn and Johnson Counties, hotlines and local officials offer talk resources on sexual abuse. POWER and RVAP reported 50 education programs reaching over 6,000 people across four counties from July to September 1999. Police and prevention efforts emphasize education as key to reducing assaults by acquaintances. Contact details for Linn and Johnson County lines and local officers are provided.
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Linn County
YWCA
Johnson County
Cristy Hamblin
Cedar Rapids
Linda Vance
Rick Wyss
Iowa City Police Department
RVAP
POWER
University of Iowa Department of Public Safety
Brad Allison
Power Group
Fitzgerald
Mike Lord
Iowa City
Iowa
Hamblin
Corps whistle blower says economic study failed to justify river lock expansion
Lt. Gen. Joe Ballard defends corps integrity while whistle blower Thomas Sweeney details a 1998 economic analysis that found expanding locks on the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers unjustified. He alleges officials altered estimates to justify a $1 billion project, prompting his removal.
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Corps
Sweeney
Mississippi River
Illinois River
Congress
Gazette
Special Gazette
Army Corps
St. Louis
Dudley Hanson
Rich Manguno
Manguno
Russell Fuhrman
Midwest
Corps of Engineers eyed big Mississippi lock expansions
Since 1993 the Army Corps of Engineers studied navigation upgrades in the Upper Mississippi basin. Proposals would widen five locks and possibly Peoria and La Grange on the Illinois River, easing congestion but alarm environmentalists over impacts on fragile ecosystems and wildlife refuges.
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Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi Basin
Corps
Mississippi
Peoria
la Grange
Illinois River
America
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