Cedar Rapids and Marion schools push personalized fitness programs
District surveys show overweight rates among kindergartners to high school juniors in Cedar Rapids and Marion, prompting new fitness facilities and individualized assessment. Programs like Body Shaping and cross training aim to make PE feel like a health club, with students such as Osborne and Knoll reporting notable weight loss and motivation.
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Cedar Rapids
Grant Schultz
Marion
Fish
Taylor Chittick
Chittick
Cedar Rapids Prairie High School
Prairie
Abby Osborne
Drake University
John Lukasko
Vous
Osborne
Lukasko
Anthony Knoll
Knoll
NBC
City High School
Iowa City
Mariah Ritter
Ritter
Vatrick
Tragedy strikes through weeks of loss in Maquoketa family
Diane Griffith of Mechanicsville endures a cascade of bereavements across six years. Her mother Jennie Johnson of Maquoketa died five weeks before Don Griffith Sr. and her son Don Jr. faced his own family losses this summer. Jayme Griffith, 29, prepares to turn 30 on December 12 as relatives recount multiple deaths and shared grief.
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Diane
Jennie Johnson
Maquoketa
Don Don
Paul
Mechanicsville
Don Griffith Sr
Carl
Don
Carla Barnhart
Carla
Jayme Griffith
Jayme
Rose Hill
Griffiths
Las Vegas
Air Force
Noel
Amy
Mental Health Institute
Independence
Carbondale
Cedar County Secondary Roads Department
Daverae
Amym
Griffith Jr Memorial Motorcycle Ride Set for Saturday
The fifth annual Donald D. Griffith Jr. Memorial Motorcycle Ride will start at Memorial Park Mechanicsville with a noon signup and 1 p.m. departure. It includes a first stop at Rose Hill Cemetery and ends about 6 30 p.m. at Three Fingers tavern Lisbon with donations funding a North Cedar school district scholarship.
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Donald D. Griffith Jr
Iraq
Memorial Park
Mechanicsville
Rose Hill Cemetery
Three Fingers
Lisbon
Don Don
North Cedar
Noel
Amy
Diane
City weighs split venue rules amid underage drinking debate
Assistant City Attorney proposes exemptions and midnight access for 19 plus patrons while karaoke and DJs might not count as performances. The Mill pushes defining entertainment venues by days with music, theatre or literary acts, as council delays first reading to September 21 to refine the plan.
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Eric Goers
Andre Perry
Mill
Englert Theatre
Susan Mims
Connie Champion
Mims
Gregg
Hennigan
Garcomr
Quran Minister Receives Death Threats Over Burn a Quran Day
State Department spokesman P J Crowley and White House aides condemned provocative plans to burn a Quran. Petraeus and Gibbs warned of risks to U S troops. The 58 year old minister said he has survived over 100 death threats and now carries a .40 caliber pistol.
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State Department
P.J. Crowley
Church
Crowley
un-America
White House
Robert Gibbs
Petraeus
Gibbs
Jones
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Travis Carlson
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The
American Board For Certification In Orthotics and Prosthetics
10Th Street
Mercy
Wenlercycare.org
Mercy Medical Center
10Th St
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