Iditarod dream drives Iowa man to Alaska training
Matt Anderson, with support from Anderson and Smith, trains in Wyoming and Alaska for the 1150 mile Iditarod from Anchorage to Nome. Anderson moved to Pinedale Wyoming to train and prepared with races in Oregon and Saskatchewan. Smith reports on Andersons progress, funding efforts, and Alaska’s vast terrain and tough conditions. Eighty-two teams started. sixty-four remain as the finish approaches in about nine days.
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Nome
Anderson
Alaska
Matt
Iditarod
Smith
the Gazette
Hawkeye
Tom Brands
Tom
Doug Swingley
Fairbanks
Swingley
Pinedale
Wyo
Joseph
Ore
Saskatchewan
Canada
High tech open fit hearing aids blend fashion with function
Open fit devices tuck behind the ear and funnel sound through a thin tube while Bluetooth linked models from Oticon GN ReSound and Starkey boost sound with wireless tech. Audiologists describe easier adjustments via computers and reduced feedback enabling fuller conversations and theater listening.
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Oticon
GN ReSound
Starkey Laboratories
Sue Karsten
Physicians’ Clinic of
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Angie Jenkins
Physicians
Iowa weighs cigarette tax hike to fund health programs
Senate debate on raising cigarette and tobacco taxes to fund a health care trust and fighting smoking passed slowly. The measure would boost revenue by about 35.4 million this year and 134.3 million in 2008, with Gov. Culver backing the plan despite limited support.
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Matt McCoy
D-Des Moines
McCoy
Iowa
Legislative Services Agency
Chet Culver
City budget cuts spark protest over library and meals program
City residents protested proposed budget cuts to the library while debate focused on the Green Square Meals program. City Manager Jim Prosser said the meals program would not move quickly, noting a November warning to seek a new site as demolition of the current building loomed. Supporters highlighted community roots, with union leaders and others urging preservation as volunteers offer renovations at no city cost.
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Indian Creek
Jim Prosser
Meals Program
Fagan
Gulick
Park
Salvation Army
Green Square Meals
United Way
John Locher
Percy Harris
Chirantan Ghosh
Kathy Thornton
Sisters of Mercy of
Cedar Rapids
Thornton
Mark Seidl
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