Sumner woman Sarah Kass dies after cancer battle
Sarah Kass 62 of Sumner died at home surrounded by family on June 21 2014 after a four year pancreatic cancer fight. Memorial Mass June 26 at Immaculate Conception Church with visitation June 25 4 to 7 30 pm and June 26 after 9 am. Burial Wilson Grove Cemetery. Survived by husband Larry Kass seven children five grandchildren mother and five siblings.
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Sarah M. Kass
Sumner
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Wilson Grove
Beckermilnesrettig
Sarah Marie O'Brien
Clayton Edward
Patricia (Heyer) O’brien
Sarah
Larry Kass
Joshua
Amber) Kass
Rosemount
Minn
Erin Kass
Nathan
Alison) Kass
Manchester
Rachel
Jeff) Bach
Davenport
Benjamin Kass
Chicago
Megan Kass
Marion
Daniel Kass
Patricia O’brien
Bosnian community aids flood relief amid devastation overseas
Tens of thousands evacuated and at least twenty four killed as floods sweep Bosnia. Iowa Bosnian residents in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids mobilize fundraising while warning of land slides and lingering war-time land mine dangers. Rebuilding faces daunting economic hurdles for Bosnia.
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Heder
Second St. SE
Bosnia
Iowa
Waterloo
Yugoslavia
Cedar Rapids
Adis Fazlic
Pray4Bosnia relief shirts raise funds via Blu Collar Fashion
Fazlic collaborated with Blu Collar Fashion to print Pray4Bosnia T shirts priced at $15 and benefiting the Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Des Moines fundraisers include a GoFundMe campaign and a ninth grader led raffle in Waterloo with other efforts statewide raising tens of thousands. Fazlic says many affected by the flood lost everything.
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Red Cross Society of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Blucollarfashion.com
Fazlic
Blu Collar Fashion
Red Cross
Bosnia
Waterloo
Central
Amina Nuhanovic
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids dam gates raise to stave off cedar river flood
Tariq Baloch explains the dam gates operate automatically and on a 10 foot river rise the five outer gates are raised to keep the Cedar River above the dam in balance with the level below. The process mirrors actions taken during 2008 and aims to prevent further flood damage in the Cedar Rapids area.
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Tariq Baloch
Ellis Park
Baloch
Cedar Rapids
New Bohemia
Cedar River
National Weather Service
F Avenue
Bill Connolly
Water Division
Connolly
Obama maps path to counterterrorism in Syria Iraq
Obama outlines a plan blending internal reforms with regional partnerships. He says success hinges on inclusive Iraqi governance, moderate Syrian opposition, and a united counterterrorism effort. He weighs airstrikes in Iraq and a CIA supervised training program for moderates in Jordan, with possible expansion under new legislation.
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Syria
Iraq
Obama
U.S
Afghanistan
Bashar al-Assad
Maliki
Assad
ISIL
Jordan
CIA
Congress
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