School District Corrects Another Snafu, Gay Marriage Gaining Popular Support in Iowa, the Best of Yoga: Iowa City Daily Links, Feb. 27

I knew yoga was popular here, but I was surprised to learn how many good yoga options there are in Iowa City.

On to the Links

 From this Site

We have a competition up asking to do yoga in Iowa City. This competition will run for two weeks.

We have a of St. Mary's Church as part of our series of profiles on places of worship in the community.

Check out this from Bowl for Kids' Sake, a fundraiser celebration for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County. This year had a superhero theme.

In our Parent Talk this week, we asked about parental concerns .

Meet Gregory Peck , the first bird featured to be featured as our Adopt this Pet of the Week.

From Other Sites

Alesha Crews of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes about another financial snafu corrected by the Iowa City School District.

The Iowa City School District will require background checks for its vendors from now on, writes Jordyn Reiland of the Daily Iowan.

Jordan Montgomery has a profile on KRUI's new general manager.

Dora Grote of the Daily Iowan writes that opinions vary on whether or not a mixed age night club venue, combining underage and of age sections, will work.

Lee Hermiston of the Iowa City Press-Citizen has a nice profile on the Iowa City police department's officer of the year.

Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen writes that Northgate is becoming a popular new destination location for medical clinics.

Stephanie Wise of the Press-Citizen has a story on a traveling display of writing produced by local young writers.

An increasing number of Iowans oppose reversing legal gay marriage, according to this poll.

A Daily Iowan summary of how some Iowa Hawkeye football players did at the pro football combine.

Mark Carlson of KCRG writes that fighting crime in the east side of Iowa City is a challenge for police.

Bob Elliott wrote a column in the Iowa City Press-Citizen arguing that the new Iowa City Animal Shelter should not cost so much to build as has been proposed. He also argued that animals should be euthanized quicker to keep costs down.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Joan VandenBerg, coordinator of youth and family development for the district and the co-director of the Community Education Program, said this week that the allocation of SILO funding for the programs was the responsibility of the district’s business office, which was headed by Paul Bobek until he resigned in January.

School Board President Marla Swesey said the misstep is not unlike other situations the district has encountered in the past, and she hopes they can be avoided in the future.

“We want to move forward and we want to have everything put in place so that we don’t have those kinds of problems again,” Swesey said. “I think we are on the right path.”