Parking Ramp Bids To Be Opened in June
Bids for a planned 800 car parking ramp on First avenue NE near the Five Seasons center will open in early June. The project may later expand to 1,000 cars with two additional floors, elevators, and alternate bids evaluated by city officials.
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First Avenue
Five Seasons Community Center
Brown Healey Bock
McConnell Steveley Anderson
FACT
Michael Gebauer
Bob McMahan
Stan Reinis
Fourth Street
Scuba Class Set at YM Opens April 17
John Stark of the Central YMCA announces a scuba diving course for ages 15 and up. The 11 Sunday sessions run 1 30 to 5 30 p m starting April 17 with a $40 fee covering booklets log book check-out dives and final certification. Tanks and regulators available to rent.
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John Stark
Central Ymca
The
Stark
Central Y
YMCA
Relatives 'Had Lot To Offer' by Kathy Regan's Family History Project
Regis high school senior Kathy Regan spent seven months researching and writing the history of her family for an Effective Writing class. She traced ancestors to about 1845 and produced two long scrolls detailing four generations on both sides. Her interviews, church records, and cemetery visits revealed migrations from Alsace-Lorraine and Ireland, a great-great grandmother who sang to passengers on a ship, and other Civil War era and Western migration stories.
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Kathy Regan
Regis High School
Alex Haley
Kathy
Georgianne Ryan
Haley
Alsace-Lorraine
Ireland
America
Independence
Family roots project inspires generations and learning
Kathy McGee shares how family memories sparked a deep interest in genealogy and church history. Sister Georgianne notes the assignment encourages dialogue across ages and connects 250 students to past lives, with many finding it transformative.
Merit Awards To Two From Eastern Iowa High Schools
National Merit Scholarship Corp officials announced 1 300 corporate sponsored four year merit scholarships winners. Finalists qualified by the October 1975 PSAT. Eastern Iowa recipients include Gary A Nordmoe of Decoral High School with Textron support and Terry L Berns of Regis High School in Marion with a Rockwell International Corp scholarship.
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Eastern Iowa
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Gary A. Nordmoe
Decoral High School
Textron
Terry L. Berns
McGowan Boulevard
Marion, Regis High School
Rockwell International Corp
McGovern Donates 1972 Campaign Papers to Princeton
Senator George McGovern has given the 1972 campaign papers to Princeton University. The collection spans 1968 to 1972 and includes financial records and correspondence. Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library will house the McGovern files alongside Woodrow Wilson and Adlai Stevenson.
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Princeton
N.J
George McGovern
D-S.d
Princeton University
Arthur Link
Seeley G. Mudd
Woodrow Wilson
Adlai Stevenson
McGovern
Stevenson
Link
United States
Festival 77 Concert By Local School Orchestras
Washington auditorium hosts Festival 77 at 7 30 pm on April 14 with Franklin and McKinley junior highs and Washington high. Selections by individual orchestras lead to a 150 piece mass orchestra performing Wagner Rimsky Korsakov and Paul Anka. Directors Emily M Sweet and Jack G Ranney. Admission 150 adults 1 for students.
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Franklin and
McKinley
Washington High School
Washington Auditorium
Wagner
Rimsky-Korsakov
Paul Anka
Emily M. Sweet
Jack G. Ranney
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Detroit
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