Job Corps aids young mothers through training and stipends
Alicia, 20, participates in Job Corps in Cedar Rapids aiming for a GED and nursing aide certification. She earns up to 100 dollars monthly as she progresses, plus a clothing stipend and up to 2400 dollars saved over two years, while fellow youths learn reading, blood pressure testing, and report writing under Sherri Jensen.
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Alicia
Job Corps
Sherri Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Jensen
U.S. Labor Department
Training & Management Resources Inc
Job Corps Center
Midwestern College
Loyce Atteberry
Atteberry
Missouri
Graduation column spins a witty commencement twist
David J. Johnson cites Jay Wagner of No West Iowa Review recalling a 1987 Corvette joke and a professor like advice. Wagner reflects on simpler times, west Iowa life, and urges graduates to keep dreams, roots, and even the habit of poking holes in microwave sandwiches.
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David J. Johnson
West Branch Times
Johnson
Jay Wagner
No West Iowa Review
Wagner
Facts of Life
Gephardt Campaign Schedule In Iowa May 10 Week
Richard Gephardt lists campaign events across Iowa from June 1 to June 2 including a high school commencement address in Des Moines at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and morning coffee, breakfast, lunch, and fundraising dinners in Creston, Mount Ayr, Sidney, Clarinda, Red Oak, Corning, and Lennox with times and venues.
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Roosevelt High School
Des Moines
Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Bennings Cafe
Creston
Small’s Corral
Mount Ayr
Page County State Bank
Clarinda
Circle M
Sidney
Red Lion
Red Oak
Steffen
Stemwinder Cafe
Corning
Taylor County
Lennox
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Bertha Steele
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Boar's Head
McComas-Lacina Contractors General Contractors
Highland Court
Iowa City
32Nd Ave
S.W. PO
Argerscoustic’s, Inc
Ely
Esco Electric CO
P.O. Box
Marion
Williams Bivd
Amet Us
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Rae
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