Jack-of-all-trades Quinn leaves Iowa for Vienna post
Kenneth Quinn, longtime adviser to Gov. Robert Ray, departs Iowa to join the U.S. Mission to the United Nations Agencies in Vienna. The Dubuque native served four years as a top aide, led Iowa SHARES Cambodian relief, and earned two State Department superior awards for work in Vietnam and an espionage case. He recalls state government being more open than federal during his tenure.
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Des Moines
Kenneth Quinn
U.S. State Department
Dubuque
Quinn
Robert Ray
State Department
Vienna
Austria
U.S
United Nations
Algona
Manson
Fort Madison
Iowa
Dubuque’s
Wahlert
Loras College
Marquette University
University of Maryland
Vietnam
National Security Council
White House
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Cambodia
Washington, D.C
Paris
Ray
Increasing number of Iowans afflicted with diabetes annually
A Des Moines report notes 140,000 Iowa residents have diagnosed diabetes with 6.7 million Americans affected nationally. The incidence grows about 6 percent each year per the National Diabetes Data Group. Experts discuss insulin treatment, pumps, and undiagnosed cases while highlighting the disease’s health impact and research efforts at the University of Iowa.
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Barb Dietrich
Iowa Daily Press
Des Moines
Carla Geinitz
Carla
West Bend
Iowa
United States
National Diabetes Data Group
Roxanne Koftan
American Diabetes Association
ADA
University of Iowa
Koftan
Barry Ginsberg
Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center
Ada, Iowa
Ginsberg
Diabetic loses sight finds new job in family business
Ray Christiansen, sidelined by diabetic retinopathy that risks blindness, quits forklift work and now co manages Cutlery World at Northpark Shopping Center with his wife Linda. At 36 he shifts from seed packing to selling specialty knives and kitchen goods, proving resilient in a weak economy.
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Davenport
Ray Christiansen
DeWitt
Ray
Northpark
Linda
Christiansen
Collec
Allamakee Society sponsors Lansing area house tour today
The Allamakee County Historical Society hosts a Lansing house tour from 1 to 4 30 p m featuring the Lynes A frame the O Malley Victorian and the Thornton 1890s homes. A Kee Valley Sweet Adelines pie and cider social adds events in the Kernet Brothers Savings Bank parking lot. Tickets are sold at local banks or by society members.
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Lansing
Allamakee County Historical Society
Arlene Lynes
Dennis
Kay O'Malley
Blanche Thornton
Kee Valley
The
Sweet Adelines
Kernet Brothers Savings Bank
Allamakee County
Historical Society
Top criminologist to speak at UNI Education Center
Renowned criminologist Dr. Simon Dinitz of Ohio State University will address the violent criminal and life in a free society at 7 30 p m Thursday in University of Northern Iowa Education Center room 245. The talk covers determinate and mandatory sentencing, juvenile crime toughening, longer imprisonment and the death penalty.
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Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Simon Dinitz
Ohio State University
Dinitz
Kalona Artist Works With Youth On Wildlife Carving And Art
Kalona artist John Wilson blends wildlife carving and painting from a one room shop on C Avenue. He teaches at Mid-Prairie Junior High and collaborates with local clubs while donating art to Ducks Unlimited and the Iowa Wild Turkey Federation. He values imagination in youth and envisions an impressionistic painting phase.
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Kalona
John Wilson
Illinois
Wilson
Culver-Stockton College
Canton
C Avenue
France
National Wild Turkey Federation
Iowa Wild Turkey Federation
Ducks Unlimited
Community Club and Historical Society
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Lansing House
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Frank Yoder
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Center Court
Bob Ewbanks
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