Inmates Harvest Corn Squash at Iowa Center Garden
Des Moines native Jack Losee and other inmates at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center in Coralville pick a corn squash as part of Scott Koepke’s Handcuffs to Hand Plows program. A juvenile offender is shown working in the Linn County Detention Center garden.
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Rebecca F. N
Ler Phatos
the Gazette
Jack Losee
Des Moines
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Coralville
Scott Kaepke
Koepke
Linn County
Handcuffs to Hand Plows outreach to detention centers
Scott Koepke, education director with Grow. John son County, runs Handcuffs to Hand Plows at Linn County Juvenile Detention Center Cedar Rapids and Coralville prison. He teaches life skills through gardening to at risk youths, calling soil a healer.
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Koepke
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Coralville
McKinley Middle School teacher finalist for national award
Gabby Granadillo, a 47 year old math teacher at McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids, earned a spot as one of four Iowa finalists for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. She teaches by valuing questions and mistakes to drive learning.
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Cedar Rapids
Gabby Granadillo
McKinley
Granadillo
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
Reid Ortiz
Preston Bouschlicher
Helpers Seen in Disasters Unite Iowa Memory
Alison Gowans reflects on the surge of volunteers during and after disasters in Iowa and Mexico, citing Cedar Rapids and Iowa City scenes from 2008. She echoes Mr. Rogers, noting helpers rescue, rebuild, and bind communities amid repeated floods and other catastrophes.
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Houston
Mexico City
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Stephen Mi
Trish Mehaffey
Scott Koepke
Grow
Johnson County
Town City
Molly Duffy
Gabby Granadillo McKinley
Alison Gowans
Mexico
Low
Rogers
Iowa City
Iowa River
University of Iowa
Jeffdunham
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