College Life Skills Class Aims to Shape Health Choices
At Iowa Wesleyan College freshmen since 1985 must take a Life and Health course crediting health values and personal responsibility. The program covers habit change, nutrition via two day logs with computer analysis, aerobic exercise, risk factors for heart disease and cancer, family medical history, and issues on alcohol drugs relationships and access to care.
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MT. Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Iowa Wesleyan
Erliene Calyton
Connie Garton
Surgeon General
Nancy Coney
Coney
Lynas Waun
Waun
Steve Johnson
Local Meetings Ahead in Cedar Rapids and Surrounding Areas
Today lists distinct meetings across Cedar Rapids and nearby locales. The agenda includes Cedar Rapids Airport Commission board in the terminal building and Linn County supervisors at the Administrative Office Building. Grant Wood AEA directors meet in the 4401 Sixth St SW complex, with an 7:30 p.m. regular session following a 6 p.m. work session. Alburnett school board convenes in the superintendent's office at 7 p.m. Ely City Council reviews zoning at the Ely Community Center from 7:30 p.m. Linn County Zoning Commission meets in the Board Building, film showtimes noted on page LIA.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth St
Alburnett School Board
Ely City Council
Ely
Linn County Zoning Commission
Dole to attend Cedar Rapids Airport dedication ceremony
U S Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole will join about 400 guests at the invitation only luncheon to dedicate Cedar Rapids new airport terminal. The $20 million project includes parking and runways with an opening ceremony set for November 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Cedar Rapids
Dole
Chamber of Commerce and Committee of 100
Chambers of Com
First Kidney Transplant in Des Moines Performed
Rita K Schlotterbach a 39 year old Knoxville resident received the first kidney transplant in Des Moines. The two hour surgery at Iowa Methodist Medical Center began 1 30 a m with teams from Iowa Methodist and University Hospitals Iowa City. The donor organ came from a New England organ bank. There were no signs of rejection and Schlotterbach has diabetes requiring insulin for 23 years.
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Des Moines
Knoxville
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Rita K. Schlotterbach
Iowa Methodist
Prem K.G. Chandran
Coleader
Schlotterbach
New England
Branstad Tax Plan Spars With Opponent Over Hike Claims
Lowell Junkins accuses Governor Branstad of proposing the largest tax increase in Iowa history and Branstad defends a $175 million state income tax plan as conforming to federal changes. Branstad says it raises taxes only for a few tax shelters while most Iowans see no tax hike.
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Judy Daubenmier
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Lowell Junkins
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Congress
Jenkins
Iowa
Des Moines Register
Junkins
Bill Knapp
Knapp
Farmstead workers debate plant study and job impact
Farmstead Foods union members met to discuss an efficiency study by Synergetics. Plant manager Forrest Mykleby said no major job cuts are planned, though some staff may shift roles. Union leader Jim Coleman criticized the study and management practices amid contract tensions and noted complaints about middle management overstaffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Gosch
Zette
Ite
Farmstead Foods
Jim Coleman
P-3
United Food and Commercial Workers
International Union
Forrest Mykleby
the Gazette
Farmstead
Mykleby
Veterans Auditorium
Coleman
Synergetics
Iowa
Columbus Junction
Also Mentioned on This Page
College
Theater Times
Lia
Mrs. Dole
C.R. Airport
Merce
Iowa Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration
William Rankin
D.M
Roosevelt Hotel
Brad Curl
Morality In Media
Diane Cusack
National Pornography Commission
Brenda MackKillop
Hal Green
Bell Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Blue Room
Mercy
10Th St. S.E. Cedar Rapids
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