Studious Summer Reading Initiatives Expand Across Districts
Ovak Elementary reading specialist Mary Ellen Oglesby noted excitement from new families about the Novak POWER program in Marion. Districts roll out summer plans to prevent learning loss with school based and informal reading activities while more students are bussed from nearby areas to access the program.
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Diane Held
the Gazette Ovak
Mary Ellen Oglesby
Linn-Mar
Oglesby
Novak
POWER
David Wallace
the Gazette
Christian Morehouse
Amanda Ickes
Xavier High School
Brittany Hackman
Marion
Mary Ellen Oglesby Novak
North Liberty weighs mass transit to connect Iowa City area
North Liberty seeks a mass transit plan guiding shuttle buses or vans for work school and commerce to boost economic development. City Council member David Franker leads a Transit Task Force with officials from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City-Coralville aiming to evaluate feasibility and regional synergy.
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Lyle Muller
The
Gazette
North Liberty
David Franker
Iowa City
Coralville
Cedar Rapids
Franker
Paul Pate
Bill Hoekstra
Alzheimer's risk may be reduced by lifestyle changes
Middle aged children of Alzheimer's patients may lower their risk through exercise gum disease avoidance moderate alcohol intake and fruit juice and vegetable juice. Researchers say early intervention may preserve cognitive function and delay onset with birth as the best time to start.
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Knight Ridder
Washington
Mark Sager
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alzheimer’s Association
America
Early PET scan may predict Alzheimer’s years before symptoms
A new study indicates a special PET scan could forecast who develops Alzheimer's disease years ahead. Researchers tracked nearly 500 middle aged children of Wisconsin residents with Alzheimer’s, now averaging 53, over five years, noting cognitive advantages for moderate drinkers and exercisers.
FBI Emphasizes Leadership Over Terror Expertise in Promotions
FBI counterterrorism leaders testified that Middle East knowledge and terrorism expertise were not required for promotion after Sept. 11. Executive Assistant Director Gary Bald and terrorism chief Dale Watson said a bombing case is a bombing case and leadership matters more than subject matter expertise.
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Washington
FBI
Middle East
Gary Bald
Dale Watson
Bald
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