Type with your head not your fingers author says
Kurt Rogahn reports Kirkwood Community College hosts Leonard J. West, Baruch College educator and author of Modern College Typewriting, who argues speed drills are outdated. West urges job task based typing, favors word processors, and criticizes straight copy tests for predicting workplace performance. He notes Kirkwood uses his texts and emphasizes error reduction and real tasks over rote keystrokes.
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Gazette
Kirkwood Community College
Leonard J. West
Baruch College
City University of New York
Kirkwood
West
Donna Madsen
Madsen
Tiny toads invade Windsor Manor in Florida invasion
In Longwood Florida residents report hordes of tiny spadefoot toads marching through Windsor Manor since Monday after heavy winter rains. Neighbors describe lines of moving creatures on sidewalks and lawns as children collect some for school, while officials note temporary nuisance and a natural boom in breeding conditions. Some locals cheer the quirky occurrence, others worry about mess and pets.
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Longwood
Fla
Windsor Manor
Orlando
Florida
Cindy Michael
Mrs. Michael
Pittsburgh
Sue Ryal
Jesse Michael
Michael
Frank Jasa
Lori Schecter
Multicity Iowa Crime and Civic Notices Roundup
Everett Wittmyer Jr. was charged with drunk driving and speeding west of Jesup on Highway 20 at 12:22 a.m. Thursday, then released pending court. Randy Sorg, 26, Independence, arrested for controlled substance possession with two more liquor law charges after a Dad's Place check. Also: summer Thieves Markets at Iowa River, state board appointments, Hershey's Track entries, Waukon survey for block grant, Cedar River high water closures, and burglary at Kim Slaman home with handgun and $20 stolen.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Randy Sorg
Sorg
Dad’s Place
Dad's Place
Kim J Slaman
Spruce Ave. SE
Slaman
Pope John Paul II faces hard path in Britain Argentina visit
The pope will begin a six day trip to Britain and add two days in Argentina, facing delicate political and religious challenges. He aims for neutrality in the Falklands dispute while seeking Anglican Catholic reconciliation at Canterbury, amid debates over ecumenism and papal authority.
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Kenneth Briggs
New York Times
New York
John Paul II
Britain
Argentina
Vatican
John Paul
Rome
England
Canterbury
Canterbury Cathedral
Henry VIII
Thomas Beckett
Henry II
Robert Runcie
Falkland Islands
Runcie
William Norgren
Episcopal Church
United States
Wellman Council Seeks June 7 Decision on Cable TV
The Wellman City Council voted in a special session to inform the Wellman Telephone Co that a decision is expected at the June 7 council meeting regarding the company taking on subsidiary responsibility for cable television in Wellman. Mayor Kempf noted contact with CableVision of Montrose.
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Azeth
Wellman
Wellman Telephone Company
Russell Kempf
Larry Singleton
CableVision of
Montrose
Wellman Savings Bank
Third and Main
Eighth Avenue
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Waterloo
Iowa City
Iowa River
E.C. Mabie
University of Iowa
University of Iowa Fine Arts Council
Des Moines
Ray
George A. Strait
Historical Records Advisory Board
Duane W. Fenstermann
Decorah
Alfred Healy
Iowa Council On Families and Children
Hershey
Ames
Charleston
W. Va
Iowa City Recreation Center
S. Gilbert St
Coralville Recreation Center
Eighth St
Waukon Survey
Waukon
Waukon Jayceettes
Jayceettes
High Water
Cedar River
Seminole Valley Park
Seminole
David Kramer
Robbins Lake
Parks Department
Kramer
Pope
Congregation For the Doctrine of the Faith
Wellman Cable
Washington County
Kenneth Kempf
H and A Water Tower Specialists Co
North Dakota
Wellman Tower
Kempf
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