By Rob Gray Gazette correspondent AMES — When the buzzer sounded Saturday, it hit Royce White. The versatile sophomore big man had just become the fourth Iowa State player to record a triple-double in the resounding 74-50 win at Texas A&M. But history wasn’t on his mind. The 6-8, 270-pounder needed a bucket to vomit [...]
continue »Prevent Blindness Iowa Joins in National Glaucoma Awareness Month in Effort to Save Sight from Second Leading Cause of Blindness Today, more than 23,650 Iowans age 40 and older have open angle glaucoma, the most common form of glaucoma. At least half don’t even know they have it. Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness [...]
continue »The holiday shopping season is already in full swing for retailers as well as shoppers who are eager to begin purchasing everything on their lists. But, when it comes to toys and gifts, the lowest sale price may not be the safest for children. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimated in its most [...]
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Rockwell Collins was named a first runner-up in the transport category in the 2011 Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards at a recent ceremony in Redwood City, Calif. The Cedar Rapids-based company was recognized for synthetic vision on a head-up display, which enhances pilots’ situational and operational awareness through all phases of flight, especially in low-visibility [...]
continue »Every year, more than 40,000 athletes suffer an eye injury while playing sports. And, every 13 minutes, an emergency room in the United States treats a sports-related eye injury. Adults and children can protect their vision while playing sports by wearing the proper eye protection. Prevent Blindness Iowa has dedicated September as Sports Eye Safety [...]
continue »By Jo Miller, CEO, Women’s Leadership Coaching Inc., Cedar Rapids Are you a visionary? Most people wouldn’t answer yes. Being visionary sounds like a lofty designation reserved for the rarest of business gurus. To anyone tending to the day-to-day running of a business, being a visionary can seem like an indulgence for which there simply [...]
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Carol Vermeer Neel, director of a new group called Habitat Gardens, is helping to brighten the lives of new Habitat for Humanity homeowners. Carol notes that becoming a homeowner is a dream come true for many families, made possible through the dedication and vision of Habitat For Humanity. Habitat Gardens is dedicated to helping Habitat For Humanity [...]
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Updated by Jim Malewitz 9:01 p.m. A McGregor brewery has announced plans to expand a 25,000-barrel-per-year operation in Coralville’s Iowa River Landing district, which would make it, by far, Iowa’s largest brewery. Backpocket Brewing will open the 15,000-square-foot facility featuring a large tap room and beer garden for the public in Coralville. Backpocket currently has [...]
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The Iowa City school board will be taking a big-picture look at the district’s school buildings and enrollment at a June 27 meeting. The board, meeting as its facilities committee, will discuss long-range facility planning. This could include a number of topics they’ve talked about this year, including the future of Hills Elementary School and [...]
continue »Rockwell Collins’ key technological role in the United States Air Force’s KC-46 tanker was outlined publicly for the first time this week. A recently signed contract calls for Rockwell Collins to provide the flight deck, aircraft networks, surveillance/air traffic management equipment, communications and navigation gear, the Cedar Rapids-based company announced this week. Rockwell Collins will [...]
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