Prairie volunteers on decline in Cedar Rapids district
The College Community School District faces a drop in consistent volunteers since 1992 despite enrollment rising by about 1000. A paid part time volunteer coordinator is urged to organize volunteers district wide and build a volunteer database.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
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Quality Council On Volunteers
College Community Board
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Ex U N weapons inspector to speak at Kirkwood
A former United Nations weapons inspector who faced Iraq and Saddam Hussein will speak at Kirkwood’s Oliven Lecture Series. Ritter led UNSCOM during tense inspections in 1998 and later resigned, citing the dangers of arms control.
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Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids
United Nations
Iraq
Saddam Hussein
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Kirkwood Lecture by Scott Ritter on war sanctions and surveillance
Cedar Rapids hosts Kirkwood Community College Mel Oliven Lecture Series on March 27 at 11 15 a m in Ballantyne Auditorium. Scott Ritter discusses the impact of war and sanctions on people and the environment with first hand observations of Iraqi surveillance. Ritter, a ballistic missile expert and former Marine Corps officer, served in the Gulf War and joined UNSCOM in 1991 leading missions and chief inspections. He and his team uncovered missile guidance systems in 1995.
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Kirkwood Community’s College
Mel Oliven
Scott Ritter
Ballantyne Auditorium
Ritter
Mideast
Soviet Union
U.S. Marine Corps
Norman Schwartzkopf
Marine Central Command
Saudi Arabia
United Nations Weapons Inspection Team
Unscom
IMAX Dome Theatre Opens with Centered 180 Degree Screen
Hancher describes the new McLeod Busse IMAX Dome Theatre at 427 First St SE as offering a wraparound 180 degree view with every seat the best in the house. The venue features a 10,000 watt digital surround system and a steeply raked, reclined seating design costing about 1.6 million dollars.
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Hancher
McLeod/Busse
Imax
First St. SE
NICC weighs Cresco campus partnership plan
NICC trustees will decide April 9 on partnering with the Howard-Winneshiek school district to establish a Cresco off campus center. A 28E agreement will fund two district built buildings near Crestwood High School with one for classrooms and an ICN room and a welding and trades center. The project aims to keep students in town and allow high schoolers to take college credit at the center.
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Owens Gazette
Cresco
Northeast Iowa Community College Board
Howard-Winneshiek
NICC
Peosta
Howard County
Howard- Winneshiek
Ron Sadler
Crestwood High School
Iowa Communications Network
ICN
Sadler
Kate Archer
Calmar
Oelwein
Dubuque
New Hampton
Manchester
Peosia
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