Path to literacy section features guides and stories
In today’s edition a literacy publication presents book lists hints for parents names of literacy providers a children’s story and classroom lessons. It also notes a Yankees 9 Padres 3 victory in Game 2 Sunday night and a Coloradan stop of a Kenyan sweep at the Hawkeye Medical Supply Hospice Road Races in Iowa City. Readers of Cheryl Lavin’s column offer marriage advice in Accent on 6B.
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New York Yankees
Andy Ashby
San Diego Padres
Hawkeye Medical Supply
Iowa City
Cheryl
Tomorrow’s pasta craze drives home cooking reach
Sixty two percent of Americans report cooking pasta at home at least weekly and two new pasta recipes are teased for Tuesday’s Food section, signaling a push toward home meal innovation.
Castalia derailment blocks grain shipments across northern Iowa
A 31 car derailment near Castalia halted grain movements on the Mason City to Marquette I&M Rail Link line, with an expected shutdown until at least 8 a.m. Tuesday. Crews from Rail Link Hutcher Professional Services West Side Trucking and Ace Telephone worked to remove damaged cars restore track and repair a severed phone line serving about 250 customers.
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James Q. Lynch
Iowa
Castalia
Mason City
Marquette
I&m
Winneshiek County
Rail Link
Hutcher Professional Services
Texas
West Side
Cedar Rapids
Ace Telephone
Scott Hatlell
Ace
Sheldon
Indian festival glows with pride at Kirkwood
Elizabeth Kutter reports on Diwali celebrations at Kirkwood Community College where The Friends of India hosted 500 guests. Tanvi In ani Neeti Upadhye performed a classic Krishna and Radha dance while Juilee Shivalki sang The Barney Song in a child’s voice. The piece highlights how first generation Americans blend Indian roots with life in Iowa and the role of family in passing Hindu customs.
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Melanie Kimbler
Gazette
Sreelatha Dayakar
Shreya
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Dancers
Juliee
Iowa
India
Varsha Upadhye
Marion
Pipeline blast kills 250 in Nigeria
A pipeline explosion sparked by oil thieves caused a raging fire that swept through villages near Jesse Nigeria killing at least 250 people and destroying crops. Officials said 120 firefighters fought to contain flames across Jesse Mossogar and Oghara as victims included farmers and sleeping villagers with some deaths among the injured.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Jesse
Emmanuel Akhihiero
Walter Feghabo
Mossogar
Oghara
Iowa City explores higher tuition for engineering undergrads
University of Iowa administrators discuss charging higher tuition for undergraduates in engineering to cover the costly, equipment intensive program. President Mary Sue Coleman says no timetable, but feasibility is under review. Regents and peers oppose such differential tuition. Liberal Arts remains largest, with Engineering enrolling 1,185 students.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
U of I
State Board of Regents
Mary Sue Coleman
Coleman
College of Engineering
Regents
Owen Newlin
Cedar Falls
Iowa State University
Martin Jischke
University of Northern Iowa
Robert Koob
College of Liberal Arts
College of Business Administration
Liberal Arts
Engineering
Business Administration
College of Pharmacy
Iowa
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Kaduna
Abuja
Delta State
Cameroon
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