‘Midamar brings halal meat to Detroit’ March 17, 2008
Posted by John in Business, Food, Religion.Tags: Bill Aossey, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Dearborn (Michigan), Detroit (Michigan), Midamar, William Aossey
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From The Arab American News:
Members of one of the oldest and most obscure Arab American communities in the country are connecting with the Detroit-area as they work to put halal meat from Iowa on local dinner tables.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa is home to one of the first mosques established in the U.S., built in 1934 during the Great Depression.
It’s also home to Midamar Corp., a major exporter of halal meat, run by descendents of four brothers who moved to Iowa from Lebanon in 1888.
The company recently reached out to a Dearborn-based distributor and began selling products in local stores. …
Former Cyclone basketball standout Jamaal Tinsley avoids trial today on fight charges March 17, 2008
Posted by John in Crime/Courts, Sports.Tags: basketball, Community Service, Indiana Pacers, Iowa State University Cyclones, Jamaal Tinsley, Marquis Daniels, NBA, Trials
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From Indianapolis Star:
Two Indiana Pacers placers accepted diversion agreements this morning, avoiding a trial on charges stemming from a bar fight last year.
Jamaal Tinsley and Marquis Daniels [PHOTO] will each serve 32 hours of community service and undergo behavior modification training, prosecutors said. If they go two years without getting in trouble with the law, the charges will be wiped from their records.
Diversion, different from a guilty plea, is similar to pleading “no contest” in some states. …
University of Iowa’s Gary Sasso named Dean of Lehigh’s College of Education March 17, 2008
Posted by John in Education.Tags: Colleges & Universities, Educational Administration, Faculty, Gary M. Sasso, higher education, Lehigh University, University of Iowa
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From Lehigh University:
Gary M. Sasso, Ph.D., chairperson of the Department of Teaching and Learning at the University of Iowa, has been named as the next dean of Lehigh’s College of Education. …
Sasso has led a distinguished career at the University of Iowa’s College of Education, where he’s built a national reputation among the special education community for his research in social and behavioral disorders. He’s been a member of its faculty since 1985 and has served in his current leadership role for the past seven years. …
