Family drugstore closes after century at 506 E College St
Narrator recalls the Louis Rexall Drug Store lineage at 506 E College St in Iowa City, detailing origins in 1880s across from Jefferson Hotel, a bank and fur shop era, and later a micro shop. Reminiscences cover figures George Rebal and Bud Louis, urban renewal in the 1970s, and family ties through Dutch and Hank Louis.
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E. College St
Louis and Breen
Louis and Greer
Jefferson Hotel
Washington Street
Condon Fur Shop
College Street
Sears
Wards
Penney’s
Hank
Mercy Hospital
George Rebal
Iowa City
Bud Louis
Louis Rexall Drug Store
Keck gift funds phytotechnologies labs at Iowa
A 750000 gift from the W M Keck Foundation to the University of Iowa Foundation will establish Environmental Engineering and Sciences W M Keck Phytotechnologies Laboratories to study plant based cleanup of soils sediments and groundwater and to develop screening methods for pollutant degrading plants. The campaign aims to expand scholarships facilities and outreach through 2005. Iowa City hosts fifth annual Occupational Health Symposium at the IMU with mold course preregistration and contact Kimberly Gordon.
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Iowa City
W.M. Keck Foundation
Los Angeles
Calif
University of Iowa Foundation
UI College of Engineering
Environmental Engineering and Sciences
W.M. Keck Phytotechnologies Laboratories
Iowa
UI Foundation
University of Iowa
Iowa Memori
al Union
IMU
Illinois
Kimberly Gordon
College of Public Health
Worksafe Iowa
Heartland Center For Occupational Health and Safety
College of Nursing
Roy J
Lucille A. Carver
Historic tree walk at F.W. Kent Park in April
Oxford Johnson County Conservation Department hosts a historic tree walk on April 12 from 10 a.m. to noon at F.W. Kent Park Conservation Education Center. Hikers learn about park’s oldest trees and wear sturdy shoes. An invasive plant walk on April 26 starts at 3 p.m. at the same center to identify invaders and explain habitat impacts. For registration call (819) 645-2315.
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Oxford
Johnson County Conservation Department
F.W. Kent Park
Conservation Education Center
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MWL Construction Co
Michelangelo, Wren and
Louis
Michelangelo
Rome
Christopher Wren
Faith Baptist
George
Farmer Street
Foster Road
Betty
Rebal
Buzz Orr
the Gazette
Matt Riggan
Kalona
Johnson County
Johnson County Historical Society
The
Historical Society
Leigh Ann Jero
Aiwo
Cedar Rapids
Old Capitol
Marek Seth
Hamilton College
Gazette —— Communications
Aman
City Carton
Yellow Book USA
McLeod USA
Heartland Express
Rem
St. Ambrose University
von Maur
Area Chamber of Commerce
Gazette Communcations
Iowa City Area
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Coralville Reservoir
F.W. Kent Park Conservation Education Center
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