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Mensa Foundation Elects New Board President ARLINGTON, TEXAS (7/15/2016) – The Mensa Education and Research Foundation supports and celebrates the work of intelligent people through its scholarships, awards program and gifted youth outreach. The Foundation has announced changes in its board leadership with the election of
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Posted July 13, 2016in Community Cover Story, Community Featured, Community Blogs, In Living, Community Web Exclusives
The Rotary Club of Des Moines has presented the recipients of their 2016 Firefighter and Police Officer of the Year Awards. Firefighter-Inspector Ted Jefferson and Sargent Jack (Chip) Beardsley were recognized by the Rotary Club of Des Moines at their Thursday, June 30 noon luncheon for their outstanding service
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Posted May 06, 2016in Community Cover Story, Featured Story, Web Exclusives, Waukee
The Kettlestone Master Plan, developed by Confluence, was awarded an Honor Award for Planning by the Iowa Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) on Thursday, April 28. The Honor Award is the highest level of award given, and it recognizes exceptional creativity and imagination in landscape architecture.
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Posted September 02, 2015in Adel, Cover Story, Community Cover Story
Toni Sumpter thought the anemia and fatigue she felt was a result of perimenopause, so she went to a nurse practitioner to see about hormone replacement therapy. The tests showed a surprising result: Sumpter was sensitive to gluten, a protein composite that is found in wheat and some grains. Gluten
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Posted September 02, 2015in Cover Story, Community Cover Story, Johnston
The decision to go to college and what college to attend are the first major adult decisions many young people will make. The choices are really endless — with so many options from community colleges and trade schools to traditional four-year programs, both big and small, near and far, public
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Posted September 02, 2015in Cover Story, Community Cover Story, Email blast, Urbandale
Gabi Wilson, 21, of Urbandale, is preparing one last time for college. She is busy getting ready to hit the road this fall for her senior year at Central College in Pella. She is spending precious time with her family while she still can before leaving for school. “In my
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Posted August 26, 2015in Cover Story, Community Cover Story, Waukee
For some, there’s just nothing better than setting out in search of adventure in the great outdoors. That’s why approximately 8.9 million households in the U.S. have some sort of recreational vehicle, a vehicle that combines transportation and temporary living quarters for travel, recreation and camping. Some of those vehicles
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Posted August 26, 2015in Cover Story, Community Cover Story, Boone
Hmmm…. Wonder what they would have put in there? It was the summer of1965. Kids were playing with hula-hoops and new-fangled “Super Balls.” Teen-agers were listening to the Beatles on vinyl. Less than two years since the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the nation was still mourning a president taken
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Posted August 26, 2015in Cover Story, Community Cover Story, Beaverdale
The addition of a car cruise, street games and horse rides, plus the ribbon cutting to celebrate the end of the years’ long Beaverdale Streetscape project await residents at this year’s Beaverdale Fall Festival. This year’s fall festival is Sept. 18 and 19 and takes place in the heart of
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Posted August 26, 2015in Cover Story, Community Cover Story, Email blast, Pleasant Hill
There are certain events that tend to capture the imagination. So much so, that just about every community of any size will have its own iteration. Summer fairs. Amusement parks. Renaissance fairs. For the past 10 years, Sleepy Hollow Sports Park has played host to the Des Moines Renaissance Festival,
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