Drake vs. UCLA, 1969 March 19, 2008
Posted by John in History, Sports.Tags: College Basketball, Drake University Bulldogs, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NCAA Tournament
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From USA Today columnist Mike Lopresti:
This is the legend of an upstart men’s basketball team from Drake. But not the present one.This is about one of the most stunning upsets in Final Four history … that almost happened. …
March 1969. UCLA rules the land with a wizard named John Wooden and a 7-foot giant named Lew Alcindor, soon to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. …
And from Wall Street Journal today: After Years Down, Drake Wakes Up.
3/23/2008 UPDATE: Read more about the 1969 game from recently opened Sports Illustrated Vault.
Former Cedar Rapids turf manager named head groundskeeper for San Francisco Giants March 19, 2008
Posted by John in Biography, Jobs, Sports.Tags: Baseball, Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Cedar Rapids Kernels, Greg Elliott, Groundskeepers, San Francisco Giants, Turf Management
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From Athletic Turf News:
EASTLAKE, OH — The Lake County Captains, the Class A affiliate of the Major League Cleveland Indians,, recently announced that Greg Elliott, 4-time winner of the South Atlantic League (SAL) Groundskeeper of the Year Award, has been named the new head groundskeeper for the San Francisco Giants. …
Prior to joining the Captains in 2002, Elliott previously served as the Sports Turf Manager for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, a Class-A Midwest League team in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. His experience also includes …
Report: Iowa has critical psychiatric bed shortage March 19, 2008
Posted by John in Health Care, Medicine.Tags: Mental Health, Psychiatric Hospitals
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From PR Newswire: “A new report released today by the Treatment Advocacy Center reveals that for every 20 public psychiatric beds available in the US in 1955, only 1 such bed existed in 2005.”
Since the 1960s there has been a mass exodus of patients from public psychiatric hospitals. Data are available on the number of patients in such hospitals in 1955 and in 2004–2005. The data show that:
- In 2005 there were 17 public psychiatric beds available per 100,000 population compared to 340 per 100,000 in 1955. Thus, 95 percent of the beds available in 1955 were no longer available in 2005.
- The states with the fewest beds were Nevada (5.1 per 100,000), Arizona (5.9), Arkansas (6.7), Iowa (8.1), Vermont (8.9), and Michigan (9.9). The states with the most beds were South Dakota (40.3) and Mississippi (49.7). …
- Critical bed storage (less than 12 beds per 100,000 population)
Nevada
5.1
Ohio
10.6
Arizona
5.9
South Carolina
10.6
Arkansas
6.7
Oklahoma
11.0
Iowa
8.1
Idaho
11.3
Vermont
8.9
Alaska
11.3
Michigan
9.9
FEMA flood insurance suspension of eligibility for noncompliant town along Wapsipinicon River March 19, 2008
Posted by John in Government, Insurance, Weather.Tags: Bremer County (Iowa), Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, Flood Insurance, Flooding, Frederika (Iowa), Wapsipinicon River (Iowa)
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From the Federal Register:
SUMMARY: This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are scheduled for suspension on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain management requirements of the program. If the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) receives documentation that the community has adopted the required floodplain management measures prior to the effective suspension date given in this rule, the suspension will not occur and a notice of this will be provided by publication in the Federal Register on a subsequent date. …
Iowa: Frederika, City of, 190027 December 7, 1990, 03/04/2008……….. 03/04/2008 Bremer County. Emerg; December 7, 1990, Reg; March 04, 2008, Susp. …
