Bittersweet reunion as Braille School grads face uncertain future
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School alumni gathered at the Vinton campus for their 2005 onward reunion while a study committee in Des Moines weighs the school’s fate. Four of five options involve closing the 1862 campus as enrollment declines and the statewide vision services shift raises residential costs per student, last year at $246,341 for nine students.
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Ne Gazette Inton
Iowa Braille
Sight Saving School
Vinton
Braille
Des Moines
State Board of Regents
Vision
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Troy Buffum
Grinnell
Dawn Greenwood
Greenwood
Buffum
Owen
Iowa Braille Alumni Association
Gulf spill hurts Gulf Shores businesses with delayed BP claims
In the Deepwater Horizon spill’s aftermath Gulf Shores and Orange Beach businesses face massive losses. Real estate agent Mike Reynolds lost 20 000 in commissions and a buyer walked away from 10 000 earnest money. Restaurant owner Matt Shipp reported a 90 percent drop in May revenue and only partial BP relief after 40 days of delays.
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Los Angeles Times
Gulf Shores
Ala
Alabama
Mike Reynolds
Escrow
Reynolds
Matt Shipp
Shipp
Too Many Medical Scans Raise Cancer Risk
The piece notes high radiation exposure from medical imaging in the United States, detailing how Americans receive the most advanced procedures and a sixfold dose increase over decades. It cites a New Hampshire teen about to have a CT scan and radiologist Dr. Steven Birnbaum who questioned prior scans after his daughter’s accident.
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United States
New Hampshire
Steven Birnbaum
Birnbaum
Iowa City woman ordained Catholic priest by reform group
Mary Kay Kusner 50 of Iowa City was ordained Sunday by the Roman Catholic Women Priests at First United Christian Church in Coralville after receiving a letter from Bishop Martin Amos withdrawing support and excommunicating her. Kusner praised the ordination as the culmination of years of discernment.
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Regina Nicolosi
Red Wing
Minn
First Christian Church
Coralville
Mary Kay Kusner
Iowa City
Martin Amos
Davenport
Kusner
First United Christian Church
Lincolnshire PL
Mother Church
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