Older Americans ill prepared for disasters study finds
University of Iowa researchers report that adults over 50 show low disaster readiness with few having emergency plans or shelter access. The 2010 Health and Retirement Study surveyed 1304 participants, mostly white, average age about 70, highlighting gaps in preparation and transport during emergencies.
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American Journal of Public Health
U.S
Tala Al-Rousan
UI College of Public Health
Robert Wallace
Center On
Linda M. Rubenstein
Al-Rousan
Green's Sugar Bush hosts pancake day signals first spring event
Decorah residents Harry Davidson Barbara Davidson and Ann Glenn-White wait in line for breakfast as Mark Stock flips pancakes at Green's Sugar Bush Pancake Day, the first spring event. next Sunday at 10 a.m. another breakfast offers homemade maple syrup. Green's Sugar Bush is among Iowa's oldest continuously run businesses dating back to 1851.
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Harry
Barbara Davidson
Ann Glenn-White
Decorah
Green
Sugar Bush
Green's
Iowa
FBI files shed light on 1964 Iowa civil rights case
National Archives released FBI documents about Stephen L. Smith a Marion UI student who burned his draft card in 1965 and alleged police brutality during a July 1964 Canton Mississippi incident He traveled with three black youths and was pistol whipped by officers the FBI notes describe injuries and show limited corroboration in the records
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University of Iowa
David McCartney
Stephen L. Smith
Smith
McCartney
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Miss
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Detroit
Melvin Roy McDavis
Las Vegas
Robert Joe Ellis
Jackson
Greenville
Mississippi State Patrol
Madison County Sheriff's Department
Accord
Morton
Mississippi
U.S. Civil Rights Division
Barbara Smith
Steve
Marion Bridge creates dramatic steps to family unity
Riverside Theatre presents Marion Bridge in which three Cape Breton sisters reunite as their mother is dying. Theresa becomes a nun in New Brunswick, Agnes seeks stage fame in Toronto, and Louise remains at home amid soap operas. The play follows their fraught reunion and its emotional fallout.
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Riverside Theatre
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Canada
Theresa
Jennifer Fawcett
God
New Brunswick
Agnes
Lisa Margolin
Toronto
Louise
Heather Lawler
Fawcett
Margolin
Lawler
Marion Bridge at Riverside Theatre Iowa City
The Marion Bridge production at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City features Fawcett Margolin and Lawler in a Canadian Daniel MacIvor drama. Through April 13, the three actresses deliver emotional monologues amid simple scenery and shadowed scenes. Tickets range 15 to 30 dollars with box office details and a local contact.
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Lisa Margolin
Jennifer Fawcett
Heather Lawler
Mackeigan
Thei
Marion Bridge
Riverside Theatre
Iowa City
N. Gilbert St
Riverside Box Office
Riversidetheatre.org
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Louise
Margolin
Lawler
Sean Christopher Lewis
Daniel Macivor
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