Sioux City, Iowa Essays

  • Legislation against Pit Bulls and Owners in Sioux City, Iowa

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    If you’re a pit bull owner in Sioux City, Iowa, you are faced with certain ordinances that make it more difficult to own and keep your dog. This is Sioux City’s attempt to keep its citizens’ safe and prevent the abuse and harm of the pitbull. The city is trying to promote safety and animal advocacy. This ordinance is not effective because it punishes the animal and not the owner; it also does not take into account the animals individual personality. Legislators should create laws that consider

  • Bill Hosokawa Research Paper

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    Bill Hosokawa Is Famous For lost Of Things. Bill Hosokawa was remembered as a hero. During his early years, it was hard for him to find a job. Bill Hosokawa whent to a camp. He went to war. He is remembered. Before the War Who was Bill Hosokawa before the war? As a child Bill Hosokawa,was interested in writing in about others. He was born in January 30, 1915. He was a Japanese American.He was born and raised in Seattle Washington. He had a little brother. His really his name was William Hosokawa

  • What Makes John Wooden Successful

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    John Wooden was born on October 14, 1910, in Hall, Indiana. He was raised on a farm and was a very hard work for a little bit of money. John Wooden in 1948 took the job of head coach at UCLA. During his time as head coach John Wooden taught his players how to be respectful and to be successful. As the head coach of UCLA’S basketball team UCLA went 664-162 in John Wooden’s 29-year college coaching career. Also as him as the head coach UCLA won 10 national championships. John Wooden’s legacy was seen

  • John Pappajohn

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    citizen by birthright. He immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 9 months with his mother and they joined his father in Mason City. Iowa. In 1961, he married Mary L. Limberis of Minneapolis, Minnesota and the two of them have a daughter, Ann Pappajohn, who resides in New York. Mr. Pappajohn attended Mason City public schools and then attended the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, and received a bachelor's degree in business in 1952. Upon graduation from college, he started his own insurance business

  • The Reflection Of Individual Leadership Commitment In An Organization

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    Individual Leadership Commitment As individuals, we all strive to grow and become better in all that we do. There are some however, that look to enact positive change on the world and not just themselves. These individuals seek to change for the betterment of others, the community and their society (Higher Education Research Institute [HERI], 1996). The people who work tirelessly to make the world a better place are perceived as leaders. As one who looks into becoming a better leader and establishing

  • Revisiting Childhood Wonder: A Day at Iowa's Natural History Museum

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    The Museum of Natural History at the University of Iowa campus is located in the Iowa Hall of the McBride Building on the Pentacrest Area of the university. On Friday afternoon of February 20th, I arrived at the museum and found few visitors which made the exhibits easily accessible. Since I was a child, I have been going to the museum since it is a favorite of my parents. The museum had kept me entertained for hours while I explored and looked at the exhibits for things that I have not previously

  • Orpheum Paper

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    project, the Orpheum Theater of Sioux City, Iowa was back to its original 1920’s grandeur. The Orpheum Theater is one of the oldest buildings in the down-town area of Sioux City. Its character and prominence in the city has converted various times over its 80-plus years of being. It began as the state’s only grand theater in 1927 during a time of huge economic growth and prosperity for Sioux City. As hardship and the desire to build new rather than replace old hit the city in the 1960s and again in the

  • Bie

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    school secretary. My mother, Laura Todd, the first of three daughters, lives in Sioux Rapids Iowa with my Father Kerby, and works at Buena Vista University. My Aunt, Angie Mendrzychowski, the middle child, married to my Uncle Steve, and is currently living in Shakopee, Minnesota. My Aunt, Jackie Antonie, recently married my Uncle Tony, and is currently living in Chicago, Illinois. The conflict came when my parents moved to Iowa. When I was much younger my family lived in Eagan, Minnesota. Nearly 30 miles

  • Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Use

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    Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sept. 2013. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. ____________________________________________________________________________ "Iowa Lawmaker Pushes To Legalize Medical Marijuana - News, Weather and Sports for Sioux City, IA: KCAU-TV.com." Iowa Lawmaker Pushes To Legalize Medical Marijuana - News, Weather and Sports for Sioux City, IA: KCAU-TV.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. ____________________________________________________________________________

  • counterfeit parts in aviation

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    OpenDocument&Highlight=engine%20structural%20failure 18- (NTSB Accident Report: AAR90-06, PDF United Airlines Flight 232 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989 (NTSB/AAR-90-06)) 19- (NTSB Accident Report: AAR90-06, PDF United Airlines Flight 232 McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa, July 19, 1989 (NTSB/AAR-90-06)) 20- http://factorhumano.files.wordpress.com/

  • Kasey Reuter Research Paper

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    old high school in Iowa). She was the state High Jump Champion in 2013 and took second in place in the long jump in 2011 and third place in 2010. Also she ran as part of the 4x100m relay that took fourth in the state in 2011, finished as the runner-up in the high jump at the Drake Relays, and was the Junior Olympics high jump runner-up in 2009. Getting a little more personal, her hometown is Sioux City, Iowa and she went to school at Hinton High School which is also in Iowa. Kasey is from the

  • The Great Depression

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    around about, I now see nothing to give ground to hope.” This great quote was made by former president, Coolidge. In the great depression people in cities and towns already lost too many jobs. Farmers struggles have already been happening since the 1920s, and farmers tried to do anything to save their farms. However, farmers may have been better off than city folk. The government tried to pitch in multiple times, but did not succeed as people hoped. After the great depression, people were all shaken up

  • Art of the Americas and the Pacific

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    p.849). It symbolizes the power and presence of the ancestral figures. Emerging from behind this partition also gave the owner great power. Notice the beautiful colors and numerous animals on this partition. Upper Missouri River area. Eastern Sioux, 19th century. Wooden board, buckskin, porcupine quill, length 31″ (78.8 cm). Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C. Catalogue No. 7311 The next image is of a ba... ... middle of paper ... ... sign? We

  • Family Engagement Essay

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    in need. According to Section 299.1 and 299.1A of the Iowa Code, the parent, guardian, or legal/actual custodian is accountable for the school attendance of a child who has reached the age of five and is under sixteen years of age by September 15 of that school year. It is also a state requirement for teachers to be a mandatory reporter. As a mandatory reporter a teacher is required to report any suspected abuse or neglect of a child to the Iowa Department of Human Services

  • Delmar The Spy That Got Away

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    for the entire length of his espionage career against the U.S. and so little is known about him. Analysis of his activities should prove to be extremely valuable to the intelligence community. BACKGROUND On Christmas day in December 1913, in Sioux City, Iowa, George Koval was born to a family of Jewish immigrants from Belarus, then part of the Soviet Union. George Koval’s father, Abraham was a carpenter and his mother, Ethel Koval was a convert to Socialism. George Koval’s parents maintained correspondence

  • Baby Face Nelson

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    Carrol and Eddie Green robbed banks in Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. Most of the blame for these went to Dillanger and his gang. A year later Dillanger joined gangs with Nelson. On March 4,1934, Nelson got in a car accident which was his fault. The other driver got out of his car and started to yell at Nelson, who pulled out his gun and shot the driver three times in the head, and then sped off. Two days later the Dillenger- Gillis gang robbed a bank in Sioux City, South Dakota. The very next day, he

  • The Grant Wood: The Regionalism Movement

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    is another example of Regionalism in the Midwest. Andrew Wyeth was born on July 12th, 1917 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The son of N.C Wyeth, a well known illustrator, who was also his mentor. In 1937 Wyeth was featured in an art show in New York City, at the Macbeth Gallery. Wyeth sold every painting that he had brought to the gallery, kick-starting his career and his fan base. After Wyeth’s career start at the Macbeth Gallery he continued to paint from two main areas, around his hometown of Chadds

  • Teen Activism Essay

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    Alex is from Sioux City, Iowa most likely still in school right now. He was bullied a lot and was called “fish face”. One day, on a bus to school in eighth grade that’s where it all started. He didn’t tell anyone about the bullying until he decided he should. According to

  • Controversy Of Gateway 2000

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    The Success of Gateway Computer Gateway 2000 was formed by Ted Waitt(CEO), in September 1985, in Sioux City, Iowa. The company was founded along with Senior Vice president Mike Hammond. In 1990, as the company began to blossom it was moved to its current location in North Sioux City, South Dakota. They formed Gateway 2000 with one goal in mind- to offer PC buyers a logical alternative to high markups, limited choices and inadequate support, common in the retail PC market (Gateway.com 1). These

  • Homeless Problem Essay

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    Homelessness is a major social problem affecting children, families, babies, veterans and the elderly. The National Alliance to end Homelessness (2016) report that, in January 2015, there were 564,708 people who were homeless on any given night in this country. Of this number, 206,286 were people in families, and 358,422 were individuals. Accordingly, 15% of the homeless population are considered "chronically homeless individuals." Social Problem The McKinley Act of 1987 defines homelessness as when