Summer fun at Coralville aquatic center opening
Jasmine Rockafellow aged six slides with her father Michael Rockafellow from Iowa City while Jesus Zambrano ten leaps from a diving platform beside Laron Crittenden ten from Coralville. The Gazette invites readers to view more opening day photos at thegazette.com.
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Jasmine Rockafellow
Michael Rockafellow
Iowa City
Jesus Zambrano
Laron Crittenden
Coralville
Aquatic Center
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Iowa Award honors Kenneth Quinn as top citizen
Gov. Terry Branstad awarded Kenneth Quinn the Iowa Award at the World Food Prize Hall of Laureates in Des Moines. Quinn, former ambassador to Cambodia, led the World Food Prize Foundation since 2000 after 32 years in the State Department, and earlier grew up in Dubuque.
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Terry Branstad
Kenneth Quinn
Iowa
World Food Prize Hall of Laureates
Quinn
Cambodia
World Food Prize Foundation
U.S. State Department
Branstad
New York
Dubuque
Wahlert High School
Loras College
State Department
Iowa Award Highlighted Champion Of Food and Aid Work
The profile notes a Cresco native tied to the World Food Prize and its quest for global impact. He served in Vietnam, advised at the White House on POW MIA matters, directed humanitarian campaigns for Cambodian refugees, and helped resettle refugees in Iowa in the 1970s.
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National Security Council
White House
U.S. Inter-agency
Iowa Shares
Iowa
Robert Ray
Norman Borlaug
Cresco
Quinn
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