The Mystery of the Slime Revealed: Iowa City Daily Links, Feb. 21

I know I'm way late to this party, but I'd like to thank all of my slimes for reading these links.

On to the Links!

From this Site

The CEO for Goodwill of the Heartland, which serves Johnson County among others, is stepping down from the position.

We have a preview up of Bowl for Kids' Sake, a Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County fundraiser that is coming up. Still time to help donate, though!

Need a dog or a cat? Take a look at adopting Gabby or Gusto, two great animals at the Iowa City Animal Shelter in need of homes.

This Letter to the Editor focuses on how Occupy Iowa City revealed the need for the city to help the homeless.

In our Parent Talk this week, we ask what parents should do to handle the poor behavior of their children in a public space.

From Other Sites

Even if he wasn't a fun player to watch, I would love Melsahn Basabe just for stuff like this.

Mitchell Schmidt of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that there is an unusually high taxi to person ratio in Iowa City..

Tara Bannow of the Press-Citizen writes that one of the owners of the Red Avocado is looking to start a new vegan restaurant.

Chastity Dillard of the Daily Iowan writes that Eastern Iowa Community Colleges are also big fans of President Obama's suggested higher ed changes.

A hurdle has been cleared for legalized online poker in the state.

Both House Republicans and Senate Democrats revealed education plans, and both plans are noticeably different from the plan offered by the governor.

Good luck to this toddler receiving treatment for a rare condition in Iowa City.

Gas prices are creeping up toward $4, but they hopefully won't stay there.

There was a landmark ruling in porn piracy made yesterday, involving a porn company in Iowa? Who would have thunk it.

Free bus rides are going to be available for UI students to the Coral Ridge Mall.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

Even coach Fran McCaffery took notice after a tweet Marble once sent around 3 a.m. The team ran through an early practice later that day.

Neither Marble nor Basabe could resist laughter while trying to recount the story.

"Coach was like, 'So Dev, how much sleep did you get last night?' " Basabe said. "And Dev was like, 'Huh?' Coach was like, 'I saw you were asking all your slimes to hit you up, slimes holla at me.' "