Regulars Gather for Fun and Friendship
Regular attendees of the Life and LeisuRE club meet for a morning of games and socializing. Members share stories, play card and board games, and chat about community events, building friendship through shared leisure activities.
Thousands Served Free Meals Across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
About 7,700 free meals are provided each month in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Volunteers from the community serve meals to all in need including children and adults facing hardship.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Hunger relief in Eastern Iowa shows meals and human connection
Morning meals at Henry Davison's outreach center and Wesley Center lunch program anchor the diets of Devin Myles and Nile while volunteers at Marion Food Pantry emphasize that aid is more than food. The effort builds community, offers dignity, and reveals a broad need across Eastern Iowa beyond just hunger.
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Tom Fruehling
Sue Davis
Myles
Nile
Wesley Center
Iowa City
Iowa
Geri Durivage
Marion
Delores Tvedte
Lynch
Mark Westberg
John Stoddard Cancer Center
Iowa Methodist
Des Moines
Midwest
Fee to fund INS tracking of foreign students stirred debate
The INS plans a one time 95 dollar fee to create an electronic database tracking foreign students addresses and academic status. University of Iowa and others worry over privacy and campus attracting foreign students. The measure aims to enforce 1996 terrorism and immigration laws and could take effect this summer if approved by the Justice Department and White House.
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Jim Jacobson
Iowa City
Immigration and Naturalization Service
University of Iowa
INS
Justice Department
White House
Eric Lee
Dance degrees raise questions as grads seek pathways
Rebecca Marcotte joins The Colorado Ballet as a unpaid apprentice for a year after earning a University of Iowa dance degree. Department chair David Berkey notes many graduates face low starting pay and the need for side work while pursuing opportunities in New York, Chicago, cruise ships, and teaching.
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The
Colorado Ballet
Marcotte
Las Vegas
Dance Department
David Berkey
New York City
Chicago
Iowa Linked to High Lymphoma Rates and Farm Pesticides
A national report finds Iowa among states with high lymphoma rates while noting a possible link to farm chemicals such as atrazine. Medical experts stress correlation is not proof of cause and discuss factors like access to care and diagnostic improvements influencing rising diagnoses.
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Des Moines
Susan Osburn
The
Lymphoma Foundation of America
Foundation
University of Iowa
Charles
Lynch
Iowa Cancer Registry
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