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IHCA Foundation Offers Health Care Scholarships
IHCA Foundation Offers Health Care Scholarships for Long-Term Care Employees, High School Students, Veterans and Rural Iowa Residents88 scholarships now available; applications due May 31The Iowa Health Care Association (IHCA) Foundation announced today the opening of its application cycle, which in 2024 will make more than $200,000 available to individuals interested in pursuing or advancing their career in long-term care.
What we're reading: Final Girls
Eek! If you're a fan of horror, Riley Sager's "Final Girls" is perfect for you! I couldn't put it down until I found out who the true villain was at the very end. Suffice to write, I'm a big fan of Sager but I had to sleep with the lights on after reading this book!"Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. $10,000 in College Savings Deposits Available
Ten Parents to Win $1,000 Each in College Savings Deposits in Special DrawingRegistration is open for a special drawing of a $1,000 college savings deposit that 10 Iowa parents and guardians of students in eighth through 12th grades will be randomly selected to receive after April 30, 2024. The drawing is sponsored by ISL Education Lending.Current registrants and any parent or guardian registered for the information service, SP3 or Student Planning Pointers for Parents, by April 30, 2024, will be entered into the special drawing.
What we're reading: March
After reading this book, I felt as though I had travelled back in time, to an America that I didn't live through, but which now I understand in a new way. To begin with, Ms. Brooks does an excellent job of embodying not only characters from the past, but also of evoking the time period itself.Of course, as a child of the 50s and 60s, I read "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, and wondered how the family managed without the father of the family. Lake Land College Congratulates Students
Congratulations to the Lake Land College Agriculture Students on a successful 2024 National Professional Agriculture Student Conference. Results are as follows:Champion Beef Team Sydney Sanders Champion IndividualKaylee Blackford 3rd IndividualWalker HousleyCh What we're reading: A court of mist and furty
Last week I finished reading "A Court of Mist and Fury", which is the second book in the "A Court of Thorns and Roses" series. Feyre, now a High Fae herself, has to learn and navigate the new world she is in with her new powers. Since she has been back from Under the Mountain, she has terrible nightmares of the things that had happened and what she had done. Hawkeye Community College to Host Transportation Open House on April 16
Hawkeye Community College will host an open house showcasing transportation careers on Tuesday, April 16, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Regional Transportation Training Center, 6433 S. Hammond Ave, Waterloo, Iowa. Attendees have an opportunity to tour the center, talk with instructors, learn about tuition assistance, and hear from former students with successful careers in the industry.
Iowa Corn Announces Future of Agriculture Scholarship Recipients
Iowa Corn announced the student recipients of the Iowa Corn Future of Agriculture Scholarship program for the 2024-2025 school year. Iowa Corn awarded eighteen (18) $1,000 one-year scholarships to deserving, qualified students enrolled at an accredited U.S. 2-year or 4-year junior college or university, or graduate school, in a program of study equipping them to contribute to Iowa’s agriculture industry.
What We're Reading...The Stranger in the House
Apparently, I've been missing out on the author John Marrs. "The Stranger in her House" had me staying up into the wee hours of the morning until I could figure out the varied levels of deception Marrs managed to infiltrate seamlessly in this book! One of my biggest fears on aging is the possibility of losing my memory and finding myself lost in a world alone and Marrs dove deep into this fear we all have of aging: vulnerability. What we're reading... The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
This weekend I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo. It is a story for children but appeals to a much wider audience. It tells the story of a porcelain rabbit, Edward, who cannot move or speak but can feel. He lives a sheltered life with a girl who cares deeply for him; dresses him, speaks for him, poses him. One day while aboard a boat with the girl and her family he is accidentally sent overboard.