Health The AA Way: Alcoholics Help 70 Years
The AA marks seven decades of battling disease with humility and support. Cook celebrated his 90th birthday among members of the international fellowship, which spans the United States and about 150 countries with roughly 2 million members in 100,000 local units. The group emphasizes anonymity as part of its identity.
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Gazette
Otherland
Cook
International Organization
United States
Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Alcoholics Anonymous
Cedar Rapids
Gratitude Club
Local AA mentor Dan Cook reflects on sobriety and service
Dan Cook 78 of Marion and Rob Cook of Cedar Rapids share how AA helps people regardless of education. Cook, former Roosevelt Hotel owner, wrote about his experience and remained a local contact until health limited interviews. He attended the Toronto convention marking AA's 70th anniversary.
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Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Valissa Berg
Rob Cook
Ex-I.C. resident charged after aiding migrants in desert
Shanti Seltz 23 is charged with transporting aliens to a Tucson clinic as he and Daniel Strauss 23 were arrested July 9 near Arivaca Arizona with three migrants in a sweltering season of migrant deaths. Rogusky praises her daughter for opposing injustices.
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Jim O'Neal
the Gazette
Shanti Seltz
Susan Rogusky
Iowa City
Rogusky
Seltz
Bogusky
Arizona Desert
Tucson
Seitz
Daniel Strauss
U.S
Border Patrol
Arivaca
Ariz
Demolition set for Knapp and Storms Towers at ISU
Former ISU students recall Knapp Hall memories as the 11 story towers near campus face demolition at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The 129 foot structures will be replaced by green space after decades of dorm life and notoriety. Officials expect several thousand observers and continued media attention locally.
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the Gazette
Ames
Iowa State University
Knapp Hall
ISU
Chuck Ford
Ford
Orient
Knapp and
John McCarroll
Knapp
Des Moines
McCarroll
Insurgent bomber triggers deadly gas station blast south of Baghdad
In Musayyib near Baghdad a bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body causing a huge fire at a gas station near a mosque. The blast killed 54 and injured at least 82 as a cluster of houses caught fire. The incident caps a four day span producing more than 120 deaths.
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Iraq
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Adel Malallah
Jumhuri General Hospital
Hillah
Musayyib
Mussayib
Euphrates River
Karbala
Najaf
U.S
Pataki Visits Des Moines Farmers Market Amid Caucus Talk
New York Governor George Pataki walked Court Avenue during a Des Moines farmers market outing. He chatted with shoppers, shared berries, and recalled his farming roots while denying a 2008 campaign plan.
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Gazette
Des Moines
Des Moines Farmers Market
George Pataki
New York
Court Avenue
Iowa
Graduation rates discussed and National Guard concerns noted
Officials review measures of graduation rates and consider related data. The discussion includes concerns about National Guard access and potential impacts on student outcomes and school programs.
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