Team Sparkle Bots grow from novices to competitive robot builders
In Mount Vernon a group of six middle school girls joined Team Sparkle Bots over a summer program and learned to design program and build a robot. Nijimbere 13 says she initially joined to try something new but grew to love robotics. The team competes across the state with guidance from Rock Valley coaches.
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Mount Vernon High School
Lorenzen's Gifted Work Drives Iowa City High Success
Haley Lorenzen of Iowa City High combines natural gifts with disciplined training to boost team performance. Coaches praise her work ethic and athletic development as a key factor in recent victories and season progress.
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Iowa City High
Haley Lorenzen
Dream job for naturalist at Wickiup Hill Learning Center
Naturalist Sarah Wendt has spent 11 years at Wickiup Hill Learning Center teaching children and adults about nature and the environment. Her work focuses on conservation, outdoor education, and community engagement at the center featured on page 5B.
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Sarah Wendt
Wickiup Hill
Hoopla Burlesque resurges in Eastern Iowa shows
Burlesque tracing roots to early cabaret and vaudeville makes a comeback in Eastern Iowa. The revival blends classic acts with modern flair to entertain local audiences and keep an old performance tradition alive.
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Iowa
Westdale Mall redevelopment moves forward
Cedar Rapids Westdale Mall's $90 million redevelopment advances after an agreement between J C Penney Co and Frew Development Group. Frew aims to demolish the Montgomery Ward building this fall and construct a ring road and perimeter pads for new retail spaces. John Frew, president and CEO of Frew Development, says a final agreement is being drafted.
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Afghan U.S. draft pact weighs fate of troops after 2014
The United States and Afghanistan reached a draft security pact on the eve of a grand assembly in Kabul to decide whether U S forces can remain beyond 2014. Without an accord the U S could withdraw and Afghan forces would face a Taliban insurgency alone.
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