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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 2010
Page
6
Iowa remains 22nd in adult obesity at 26.7 percent as Mississippi tops the nation for the sixth year. Colorado is lowest at 19.1 percent. Iowa Public Health Director Tom Newton cites inactivity and diet as priorities after the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation release the Fa as in Fat report.
Report notes adults in 28 states saw higher obesity rates over the past year while DC declined. Blacks and Latinos showed higher rates than whites in at least 40 states, with southern states leading. Iowa figures: 34.1 percent for blacks and 29.4 percent for Latinos, 27.5 percent for whites.
Community farewells are planned today and Thursday for two Iowa units headed to Afghanistan. About 60 members of the 134th Medical Company will gather at 5 p.m. today in Washington to train with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division before reporting to Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in late July or early August. A second farewell is set for 9 a.m. Thursday at Camp Dodge for the 734th Agribusiness Development Team, the first joint Iowa Army and Air National Guard unit deployed overseas, with 60 members from farming backgrounds heading to Camp Atterbury, Indiana for further training before deployment.
Amber Mossman of the Cedar Rapids Public Library and community members unveil a 1985 time capsule unearthed Tuesday at the former library site on First Street SE. The capsule included letters, postcards, pamphlets, a Cedar Rapids book, and other papers to be placed in a new capsule for the new Fourth Avenue SE site.
Cedar Rapids obituary notes Jack Zazza 89 died after a long illness. He built Simanek and Zazza Plumbing and Heating then co developed the Clarion Hotel and Convention Center in 1976 at 525 33rd Ave SW. The 156 room hotel opened as Sheraton Inn with a restaurant and Centurion Lounge and later became part of a family run enterprise.
East Iowa public safety agencies and the county attorney office provide routine updates on incidents and proceedings. The Log compiles concise items reflecting crime reports investigations and legal actions in the region.
A series of driving while intoxicated arrests are listed including Sean T. Overly of Hiawatha on Blairs Ferry and Center Point roads, Harold L. Hart at Ely Casey's, Curtis L. Flickinger on Sixth Street NW, Tammie L. Epperly at First Avenue and 19th Street E, Brett T. Kriz on I 80 near mile 247 248, Alphonso D. Dillon Jr. on I 80 near mile 245.5, Zaida M. Washington at Highway 6 and First Avenue, and Catherine M. Cook on Burlington Street in Iowa City all cited as second or third offenses in preliminary reports.
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