Jensen re-elected Kirkwood board president in Williamsburg
Cedar Rapids leader Bud Jensen was unanimously chosen president of the Kirkwood Community College board at the Williamsburg Learning Center. Rich Gross described the college's TV service linking 15 districts and serving adults and high school students, while consultant Max Tadlock praised progress but urged focus on internal staff communication and public image.
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Williamsburg
Bud” Jensen
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College Board of
Kirkwood
Max Tadlock
Monterrey
Calif
Jensen
Wayne Newton
John Gerber
Newton
Robert Davidson
Sharon Kromminga
Rich Gross
Lowal
Tadlock
Ex U of patient stable after soccer-ball sized heart transplant
Glen Guy, an 18 year old from Dallas City Illinois, received a donor heart at Stanford University Medical Center after nearly ten weeks on the transplant list. Doctors described the removed heart as unusually large and the operation as successful. Glen had suffered 80 percent heart failure from a virus and faced death without a transplant. Donations from Illinois Iowa and California funded the $125000 required to place him on the waiting list.
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Glen
Glen Guy
Dallas City
Ill
Stanford University Medical Center
California
University of Iowa
Terry
Dikki
Ralph Guy
Burlington
Stanford
Illinois
Iowa
Nuclear drill miscalc prompts evacuation overreach in Iowa
Federal officials did not flag the error but a decimal mix up in radiation readings caused the Palo nuclear plant drill to simulate a 10 mile evacuation zone, affecting 6 000 to 7 000 residents west of the Cedar River. IE officials cited mis communications with the Health Department as the root cause.
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Dale Kueter
Iowa
Vinton
Marshalltown
Crandall
State Department of Health
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. IE
Cedar River
John Eyre
Department of Health
Marion Briefs Lions Chili Feed Bake Sale
Marion Evening Lions host a chili feed and bake sale on October 29 from 11 to 7 at First Methodist Church 1277 8th Avenue Marion. Proceeds support sight and hearing conservation. Also retirement reception Sunday October 30 from 2 to 5. Culligan soft water plan offered at 6.90 a month for 3 months sale ends October 31.
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Marion
First Methodist Church
8Th Avenue
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Marlee Carroll
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