The event is focused on providing absentee and non-operating landowners information to better understand what they must do to enhance and protect their land. Governor Terry Brandstad will deliver an opening address and experts in land tenancy, ownership and conservation will answer questions.
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Pride of Carlisle
Carlisle High School retired the softball jersey of Jordan Gronewold, a current Drake student and third base player and pitcher on the University's softball team. She is the second best pitcher in Carlisle softball history with a career record of 140-22.
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Lyons named to judgeship, will leave state's attorney's office
Kevin Lyons, who received his law degree from Drake University in 1981, was named an interim judge for the Illinois Supreme Court. Lyons has been state's attorney in Peoria County since 1988 and is one of the longest serving chief prosecutors in Illinois.
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Trigger Trombone Valve Maintenance and Care
Grady McGrannahan, Drake assistant professor of low brass, offered advice on how to clean a trombone for a web article.
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Summer heat produces crop of outdoor shows
A preview of outdoor summer concerts includes the Drake Jazz Faculty Ensemble "Jazz in July" event, happening 6 p.m. July 21 on the Harmon Fine Arts Building courtyard.
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Using FMEA to Drive BCMA Improvements
Drake alumna Diane McClaskey, RPh, BCPS co-authored a report on how the implementation of bar code medication administration (BCMA) system resulted in an increase in reported medication errors and the solutions to overcome not only technology malfunctions, but also barriers in system design and use.
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Southeast Polk Community School District fills positions
Michael Nicodemus received a master's degree in educational leadership and elementary principal licensure from Drake University. Jo Ellen Latham currently serves as an adjunct professor at Drake University, teaching classes for reading endorsement.
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Inaugural ‘Devour Des Moines’ triathlon to benefit Drake’s Buy Fresh Buy Local
Thirty teams will vie against one another in relay contests, devouring food and beverages between running, biking and swimming events.
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Leaving home for the first time can be doubly hard for twins
Azra and Amra Beganovic, twins who attend Drake University, always assumed they would attend college together. "We were drawn to Drake, so our decision wasn't dictated by a need to be together, but by our mutual desire to go there," Azra said.
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Buy Fresh Buy Local releases 2011 directory at Downtown Farmers’ Market
The Buy Fresh Buy Local directory is a compilation of Iowa farms, grocers, cooperatives and farmers' markets.