Volunteers Needed to Transcribe for Blind Iowa
The Iowa Department for the Blind in Des Moines seeks volunteers as its pool shrinks. About 40 volunteers, average age 70, transcribe Braille from home for 8,000 patrons and students across the state, with production requests up 235 percent in a year.
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Des Moines
Montana
Lisa Davis
Library of the Department For the Blind
Davis
Iowa Department of Corrections
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
IMR
Anamosa
Inmates Transcribe Braille at Iowa Reformatory
At the Iowa Men's Reformatory eight inmates, led by Cedar Rapids native Ralph Parrott, train as Braillists to convert books into Braille. They study with Rhonda Sturtz, learn on Perkins Braille Writers, and aim for certification under a program serving Iowa and about 40 other states.
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Ralph Parrott
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Rhonda Sturtz
Sturtz
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Vinton
Parrott
Library of Congress
Amtrak to cut service as strike nears
Amtrak will trim passenger service this weekend ahead of a possible strike, with Iowa routes delayed until Monday. Some trains will only run to Salt Lake City or Denver, and others terminated at Portland or Denver. A cooling-off period expires Tuesday night, and service may resume if a settlement is reached.
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Amtrak
Dale Rueter Lazette
Iowa
Chicago
Oakland
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Pioneer
Denver
Seattle
Portland
Ore
Southwest
Fort Madison
Usa-Rail
Linn County receives CDC grant for child lead poisoning study
Linn County will take part in a $310000 CDC funded lead poisoning project led by the Iowa Department of Public Health. The program supports testing and treatment in Linn Black Hawk and Scott Counties with lab work by the county health department and University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory involvement.
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Linn County
John Kenyon
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Health
Russell Currier
Currier
Black Hawk
Scott
Department of Public Health
County Public Health Department
University of Iowa
Stolen baby python from Council Bluffs pet store
A foot long gold and brown hatchling python was stolen from Riv er City Pet Store in Council Bluffs. Clerks say a man asked to hold the snake around 3 p.m. Thursday and disappeared with the $75 serpent. The owner notes pythons can reach six feet, and local ordinances restrict dangerous animals.
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Council Bluffs
River City
Cindy Collins
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Tom Stelzer
Iowa Department For the Blind
State Department of Corrections
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Department For the Blind
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