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Tuesday,
Aug. 5, 2014
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Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan input period
open
The
public input period is open for the initial
draft of the Linn County Multi-Jurisdictional
Hazard Mitigation Plan 2014-2019 and will end on
Sept. 2. The plan, presented by Alicia Presto of
the East Central Iowa Council of Governments
(ECICOG), can be found at www.ecicog.org/linn-county and
is open for anyone to provide
input.
Input
for the plan can be emailed to [log in to unmask] or
sent by mail to Alicia Presto at ECICOG, 700
16th Street NE, Ste. 301, Cedar Rapids. When
providing input list the city you are located
in, your affiliation (if applicable) and
reference the plan in your email subject line or
on the front of the envelope. Hazard related
photos, such as storms, flooding and snow
drifts, in the Linn County area are also being
accepted for use in the plan.
During
the public input period the plan will
concurrently be reviewed by the Iowa Homeland
Security and Emergency Management Division and
the Federal Emergency Management Agency Region
VII office.
The
Linn County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan 2014-2019 will help to update
and unify all the municipalities that have their
own mitigation plans. It will also ensure that
Linn County cities and school districts included
in the plan will continue to be eligible to
apply for Hazard Mitigation Assistance
funding.
CV
Habitat and Thrivent Financial to dedicate home
tonight
Representatives
from Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity and
Thrivent Financial will gather at 5:30 p.m.
tonight at 828 C Ave. NW, Cedar Rapids, to
welcome home a first-time homeowner
family.
The
Habitat home dedication, at which the family
will receive their keys and volunteers and
donors will be acknowledged, is the culmination
of a 12-week build cycle that started in early
May. This is the sixth house that the two
organizations have built together in Cedar
Rapids.
Cedar
Valley Habitat for Humanity applied for and was
awarded $55,000 to build the house in Cedar
Rapids as part of the City of Cedar Rapids'
ROOTs replacement housing effort. The grant,
which covers approximately 50 percent of the
cost of construction, is the result of a
partnership between Thrivent Financial and
Habitat for Humanity International called
Thrivent Builds with Habitat for Humanity.
Construction volunteers are coordinated
primarily through the organization's regional
field office and a strong network of local
churches.
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FOCUS:
Education
Corridor
colleges featured in 'The Best 379
Colleges'
Three
four-year colleges throughout the Corridor have
been named to The Princeton Review's "The Best
379 Colleges: 2015 Edition," Coe College,
Cornell College and the University of
Iowa.
Only
15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges
and four colleges outside the U.S. are profiled
in the book, which is The Princeton Review's
flagship college guide. It includes detailed
profiles of the colleges with rating scores for
all schools in eight categories based on The
Princeton Review's surveys of 130,000 students
attending these colleges. Students rated
everything from their financial aid to on-campus
food.
In
addition to being named among The Best 379
Colleges, Cornell College ranked No. 18 on the
"Is That a Dorm?" list, and Coe College ranked
No. 19 on the "Is It Food?" list. The University
of Iowa ranked No. 21 on the list of 2014 Top
Entrepreneurial Programs: Undergraduate, No. 20
on Best College Newspaper, No. 17 on Lots of
Greek Life, No. 15 on Students Study the
Least, No. 13 on Students Pack the
Stadiums, No. 9 on Lots of Beer, No. 2 on
Party School and No. 1 on Lots of Hard
Liquor.
UI
external funding reaches $515.8
million
University
of Iowa president Sally Mason announced that
total external funding rose to $515.8 million in
Fiscal Year 2014, a 1.9 percent ($9.5 million)
increase over the previous year. The
announcement was made at a news conference at
the UI Research Park's National Advanced Driving
Simulator.
UI
vice president for research and economic
development Daniel Reed said research funding,
which makes up a majority of external funding,
rose 1.8 percent (or $7.3 million). He also said
the funding portfolio is more diverse,
reflecting gains in support for transportation
and other basic research.
"Despite
a challenging economic climate, we not only
maintained our external funding but saw an
overall increase of more than $9 million," Ms.
Mason said. "This is a result of the collective
work of many people, including the Office of the
Vice President for Research and Economic
Development, the UI Foundation, investigators,
our state and federal relations staff, and our
legislative and congressional
delegations."
Larger
gains in external funding in FY14
included:
- Industry/corporate (foreign and
domestic): Up $10.2 million, or 13.2
percent
- National Science Foundation: Up $2.1
million, or 14.4 percent
- U.S. Department of Transportation: Up
$1.1 million, or 47.5 percent
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Up
$246,026, or 36.5 percent
- Iowa local government/school
districts: Up $210,926, or 45.5
percent
UI
to offer 1-week, weekend web development
courses
The
University of Iowa will begin offering weekend
and one-week web development courses to the
community this fall through the Dev/Iowa
program.
Beginning
in September, the UI will offer five, one-week
courses and five weekend workshops in response
to the growing demand for employees with
experience in coding and web development. The
week-long format is meant to serve as a
complement to the Dev/Iowa Bootcamp, a nine-week
immersive full-stack programming
course.
According
to UI vice president for research and economic
development Dan Reed, the knowledge driven
economy means technologies are constantly
changing, and so individuals who do not refresh
their skills risk losing their competitive
position. Similar programs have been launched in
Silicon Valley, Dallas, Austin and New York
City, Mr. Reed stated in a press release. For
more information, visit http://deviowa.com.
Kiddie
Konnection Daycare celebrates 25 years in
business
Kiddie
Konnection Daycare celebrated 25 years in
business last month. Debbie Brandt, owner and
director, opened Kiddie Konnection in July of
1989 at 2707 Muscatine Ave., Iowa
City.
To
celebrate the milestone, the company held a
butterfly release on July 27. Ms. Brandt invited
one student from each graduating class from
1990-2014. Alumni wore a commemorative Kiddie
Konnection T-shirt for a group photo. Last week,
the Kiddie Konnection staff also had various
activities planned for the children who
currently attend the
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Event Planner
Aug.
5
Venture
School Creative Corridor Meeting, by
the University of Iowa, 5-6 p.m., 122 E. Market
St., Iowa City. During Venture School,
startup teams will apply lean principles, such
as customer discovery, to refine their business
model while being mentored by a teaching team
that has years of entrepreneurial experience.
The Venture School Creative Corridor begins
Sept. 21. Applications are due Sept. 1. This
program is open to UI students, faculty, staff
and community members.
Aug.
6
Open
Coffee, by ActionCOACH Heartland,
7:30-8:30 a.m. and 4-5:30 p.m., CLUB Mindset
Center, 230 Second St. SE, Ste. 218, Granby
Bldg., Cedar Rapids. David Drewelow presents
John Maxwell's leadership principle, "Law of
Magnetism." Free. For more information, visit
www.clubmindset.info.
Aug.
7
Wake
Up Marion: Coffee and Connections with Marion
Chamber Members, by Marion Chamber of
Commerce, 8-9 a.m., The Kettel House Bakery
& Café, 945 Sixth Ave., Marion. Participants
will
start
the day with the opportunity to meet other
Marion Chamber members and community leaders
while enjoying coffee. This is event is free to
all Marion Chamber members and first-time
guests.
Corridor
Stocks
| Dow
Jones |
^DJI |
16,429.47 |
-139.81 |
-0.84% |
| AEGON |
AEG |
8.02 |
-0.11 |
-1.35% |
| Alliant
Energy |
LNT |
55.91 |
-0.61 |
-1.08% |
| General
Mills |
GIS |
50.88 |
-0.41 |
-0.80% |
| Heartland
Express |
HTLD |
22.35 |
-0.31 |
-1.37% |
| ITC
Holdings |
ITC |
35.32 |
-0.3 |
-0.84% |
| MidWestOne |
MOFG |
23.8 |
0.11 |
0.46% |
| Pearson |
PSO |
18.99 |
0.09 |
0.48% |
| Pepsico |
PEP |
89.2 |
-0.49 |
-0.55% |
| Principal
Financial |
PFG |
49.38 |
-0.2 |
-0.40% |
| Procter
& Gamble |
PG |
79.41 |
0.19 |
0.24% |
| Rockwell
Collins |
COL |
72.96 |
-0.39 |
-0.53% |
| S&P
500 |
^GSPC |
1,920.21 |
-18.78 |
-0.97% |
| Tanger
Factory |
SKT |
34.4 |
-0.28 |
-0.81% |
| United
Fire Group |
UFCS |
28.54 |
-0.03 |
-0.11% |
| U.S.
Bank |
USB |
41.17 |
-0.47 |
-1.13% |
| Wells
Fargo |
WFC |
50.4 |
-0.59 |
-1.16% |
| West
Bank |
WTBA |
14.38 |
-0.22 |
-1.51% |
| Whirlpool |
WHR |
143.89 |
-1.89 |
-1.30% |
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Headlines
from CBS 2/FOX 28
These
news items are provided by CBS 2/FOX
28
Iowa
Attorney General Tom Miller and 14 other state
attorney generals are writing a letter to the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) objecting
to a new rule. The new rule narrows the farming
activities that are exempt from the Clean Water
Act (CWA). The group contends the rule
improperly tries to narrow the scope of the
phrase "normal farming" which includes
activities such as upland soil and water and
conservation practices, all found in the CWA.
They also say the EPA did not give proper public
notice or seek public comment before making the
decision.
A
rumored presidential hopeful is stirring up
mixed opinions as he tours the Hawkeye state.
Republican Senator Rand Paul will be at the
Cedar Rapids Victory Office today to speak with
Republicans. Yesterday, Sen. Paul stopped in
Sioux City to talk about the leadership of our
country. He told a group of Iowans that he
thinks the president is petulant and that he
can't handle the immigration crisis in our
country. Later, Sen. Paul stopped just over the
border in Omaha where the battle over what to do
in Gaza took center stage. Sen. Paul denies that
he ever proposed a full-scale bill that would
stop foreign aid to Israel. This comes despite
all of his talk to stop sending money to the
country. Sen. Paul faces scrutiny for several of
his views on foreign policy as he prepares for a
possible presidential run.
A
man already accused of two robberies is now
accused of a third. Officers were called to the
Hills Bank on Muscatine Avenue just after 12:30
p.m. Monday. Witnesses say a man wearing a
hooded sweatshirt and mask robbed the bank and
ran toward the Hy-Vee on First Avenue. They say
he did not have a weapon. The Iowa City Police
Department now says Antoinne Davis, 30, robbed
the Hills Bank, and they also connected him to
the robbery of the UICCU on July 17.
Investigators used surveillance video to find
Davis and say he admitted to both robberies.
Today, Johnson County investigators charged
Davis with a third robbery, at the Hills Bank in
Hills on Aug. 1. A second man, Jamarcus
Knox, was also arrested and charged with driving
the getaway car during that robbery. Both men
are now in the Johnson County Jail.
CBS
2 Weather First Forecast
Look
for partly/mostly cloudy skies and slightly
humid conditions this afternoon with highs in
the lower 80s. There is a small chance for
isolated showers, but most areas will stay dry.
Scattered showers and storms will move in by
late-evening/after midnight. The scattered
showers and storms will continue through the day
on Wednesday with mostly cloudy skies. The
clouds and rain will keep temperatures cooler
Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the lower
70s. |
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