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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 2012
Page
1
Monticello students return to school after winter break as classes suspend regular instruction for a week to run an academy of special subjects. Students move between rooms with pirate outfits junkyard parts and antiques, focusing on nontraditional courses rather than textbooks.
Students at Monticello join programs on prejudice awareness and life with difference. Teams tackle problem solving to curb bad habits and design a future high school. Local artists visit to discuss arts and a junkyard project builds a small vehicle.
The Gazette reports Des Moines lawmakers return from a shorter break with pledges to unite on property tax relief and reforms in education and mental health. Republicans hold a 60 40 House edge and Democrats 26 24 in the Senate, with one new member Liz Mathis joining the ranks.
Arline MacCormack from Newton is among 53 women suing drug companies over DES use by pregnant women from 1938 to the early 1970s. DES daughters face cancer and fertility risks, with FDA halting DES prescriptions in 1971 after findings tied to vaginal cancer in teens and twenties. The Boston case could set a precedent for DES breast cancer claims.
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