BICYCLING Riders trek 4 000 miles to beat cancer
About 70 students including Catherine Butschi bicycle from Austin to Anchorage in the Texas 4000 charity ride raising funds for cancer research. They have logged 2 000 plus miles in roughly 30 days, with 600 000 plus dollars raised and educational programs along the route. They stop to share stories of families affected by cancer including five year old Dashiell Codd who died from a rare liver cancer and donated his tumors to research.
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Catherine Butschi
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
University of Texas
Austin
Texas
Anchorage
Alaska
Butschi
Pam
Brian Codd
Dashiell Maccabee Codd
Diag
Nosed
Pam Codd
Dashiell
Iowa City Area Businesses Sign Wage Pledge For Higher Minimums
More than 100 area employers have signed the Center for Worker Justice pledge to pay 10.10 for most workers or 6.06 for tipped staff, with Living Wage Linn County discussing the issue since March. Co founder Devin Mehaffey says up to three dozen businesses joined, including Dumpling Darling owner Lesley Triplett and Culvers operator Jake Kendall, who note higher wages but avoid rolling back pay.
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Iowa City
Living Wage
Linn County
Devin Mehaffey
Mehaffey
Lesley Triplett
Cedar Rapids
Triplett
Jake Kendall
Culver’s
Linn
Black Hawk
Center For Worker Justice
Michaela.ramm
Thegazette.com
Community agency listings seek new Johnson County board members
Johnson County Empowerment and Early Childhood Iowa area board seeks new members to improve lives of children up to age five. Open to men people of color dual language learners and faith community members. Three year terms start October with Aug 1 deadline for applications.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa
Jcempowerment.org
ICE
ECIA
Courts Delay Likely in Burlington Police Records Dispute
The case over whether Burlington Police and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation must release records on the 2015 fatal shooting of Autumn Steele faces a likely postponement. The Iowa Public Information Board charged the agencies with violating public records law, while appeals and motions hinge on access to body and dash camera videos and other documents. The Nov. hearing could be delayed as the board weighs the agencies' blanket privilege claims and requests.
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Iowa
Burlington
Autumn Steele
Jesse Hill
Steele
Burlington Hawk Eye
Iowa Public Information Board
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
DCI
Burlington Police Department
Margaret Johnson
Burlington Police
Mark McCormick
Iowa Supreme Court
Johnson
Karen Doland
McCormick
Doland
Des Moines
Burlington Police and
Hill
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the Gazette
Make A Wish Foundation
Patodin
Rilyn.eischens
Thegazette
Kendall
Stephen Mally
Liz Matykiewicz
Silver Spider
Mazahir Salih
Johnson County Board
Terri Daugherty
Co.johnson
Johnson County Health and Human Services Building
S. Dubuque St
Laurie Nash
Ia.us
Miss Foundation
Lower City Park
E. Park Rd
Kindness
Crisis Center
Firstgiving. Com
Maquoketa
Hurstville
Hurstville Rd
Jessica Wagner
Iowa Department of Natural Resource
Iowater
Jackson County Conservation
Erin Jordan
Erin
Jordan
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