Dennis Vokolek Leads Coe College in Sports Studies
Dennis Vokolek has taught physical education and coached swimming at Coe College since 1984. He earned a BA from Iowa and an MA from Nebraska, has spent about a decade researching competitive sports anxiety, and is completing a doctoral dissertation on the topic.
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Dennis Vokolek
Coe College
University of Iowa
University of Nebraska
Quieting Reflex for Athletes Tackles Youth Competitive Stress
This article explains how youth sports create high stress through fear of failure and audience pressure. It presents seven anxiety symptoms, notes how coping improves performance, and introduces the Quieting Reflex for Athletes by Dr Charles Stroebel and Wes Sime as a short pre competition stress management technique.
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Charles Stroebel
Wes Sime
University of Nebraska
Stroebel
Sime
Local Meetings and Arts Events Schedule for Monday
Linn County Supervisors hold a morning work session in the Administrative Office Building. Cedar Rapids Airport Commission meets at the Old Terminal Board Room. Hiawatha Water Board gathers at City Hall at 6 30 pm. Linn County Conservation Board convenes at Marion address. Walker City Council meets at City Hall. Collegium Musicum performs at 8 pm in Clapp Recital Hall. Jugglers show at 1 30 pm in Cedar Rapids Public Library.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission
Hiawatha Water Board
Linn County Con
County Home Road
Marion
Walker City Council
City Hall
Iowa State history professor explores 1788 election education
Ames AP Clair Keller of Iowa State University will use a $20 000 American Bicentennial Commission grant over two years to develop historic characters and classroom materials. He will portray Richard Henry Lee to explore anti taxation arguments and answer questions from a youth press corps about early US constitutional debates.
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Ames
Iowa State University
Clair Keller
Iowa
Keller
Richard Henry Lee
George Washington
Lee
Sam Donaldson
Many Iowa Volunteers Seek Positions Across Agencies
Numerous volunteer openings across Linn and Johnson counties include data entry at Typing-Camp Courageous of Iowa, weekend meals delivery by Meals on Wheels, food and toy collection by Care and Share, kitchen help at Camp Courageous, senior transportation by Council on Aging, RSVP by United Way, and library, crisis counseling, foster care, and information desk roles. Contact numbers provided for each posting.
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Camp Courageous
Iowa
Jackie Scherrman
Kate
Linn County
Linda Pochobradsky
Monticello
Doris
Joyce
Council On Aging
RSVP
St. Luke's Parent Alliance
Sue Olson
Sue
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Foundation II Crisis Center
Call
United Way Information and
Barb
Lutheran Social Service
Cheryl Overland
Sycamore
Iowa City
Iowa City Public Library
Department of Correctional Services
Bonnie Strait
Carole Lear
Elderly Services Agency
Joan Cook
Johnson County
United Way
Cedar Rapids housing crunch hits low income families hard
The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids has few rental options for low to moderate income residents. Leased Housing assists about 711 families with 30 percent of income, but over 500 wait for subsidies. Landlords' participation is limited, widening the shortage, with two and three bedroom units hardest to find.
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Vanessa Shelton Tazette
Cedar Rapids
Ing
John Skogsbergh
Skogsbergh
The
Gazette
Fort Madison man on trial for rape and stabbing clerk
Felton Riles, 38, faces trial in Linn County District Court for allegedly beating and raping a convenience store clerk and stabbing her in the early hours of April 6. He is also accused of assaulting a second woman and her 2-year-old son. Life-term charges include first degree kidnapping and first degree sexual abuse.
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Roland Krekeler
Azette Courts
Fort Madison
Linn County
Felton Riles
Riles
Cedar Rapids
Burlington
Iowa
Lee County
Gordon Liles
David Sallen
Bryan Humphrey
Harlan Bainter
Moehn to head bankers group at Iowa Independent Bankers
Patrick R. Moehn president of Commercial Savings Bank Carroll was elected president of the Iowa Independent Bankers Association at Lake Okoboji during the annual convention Moehn succeeds Thomas H Huston of Columbus Junction State Bank Oliver A Hansen chairman of Liberty Trust and Savings Bank Durant was elected association vice president Hansen succeeds John Chrystal of Bankers Trust Des Moines Directors elected to three year terms were Richard H Buenneke Cecil W Dunn Howard K Hall Robert M Sierk and Daniel A Steffensmeier One year unexpired term was filled by Roger Underwood Guthrie County State Bank Guthrie Center
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Lake Okoboji
Patrick R. Moehn
Commercial Savings Bank
Carroll
Iowa Independent Bankers Association
IIB
Moehn
Thomas H. Huston
Columbus Junction State Bank
Oliver A. Hansen
Liberty Trust and Savings Bank
Durant
Association
Hansen
John Chrystal
Bankers Trust Company
Des Moines
Richard H. Buenneke
Citizens Bank and Trust
Belle Plaine
Cecil W. Dunn
Security Savings Bank
Eagle Grove
Howard K. Hall
Perry State Bank
Perry
Robert M. Sierk
First National Bank
Iowa City
Daniel A. Steffensmeier
Pilot Grove
Roger Underwood
Guthrie County State Bank
Guthrie Center
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