Miss Czech Slovak Iowa seeks candidates for 2009 10
The Cedar Rapids Czech Heritage Foundation began a search for Miss Czech Slovak Iowa 2009 2010. Iowa residents aged 18 to 26 with Czech Slovak Moravian or Silesian heritage may apply. Finalists compete at the Honby Days Czech Festival in Cedar Rapids and are judged on interviews talent and costume modeling. Applicants should visit www czech heritagefoundation org for details.
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Cedar Rapids
Czech Heritage Foundation
Pet Adoption Celebration Wednesday At Lindale Mall
The Cedar Valley Humane Society hosts North Shore Animal League America's Tour for Life 2009 from 2 to 7 p.m. in Lindale Mall’s Collins Road lot. The event features adoptable animals, $15 microchipping, raffles, prizes, and representatives from Witty Kitties Rescue Iowa Humane Alliance and CRAniMeals.
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Cedar Valley Humane Society
North Shore Animal League America
Tour For Life
Lindale Mall
Collins Road
Witty Kitties Rescue
Iowa Humane Alliance
Cranimeals
Earth Day tree planting at Indian Creek Nature Center
Public invited to 9:30 a.m. April 18 Earth Day tree planting at Indian Creek Nature Center 6665 Otis Rd SE. event led by Cree host Wha'la from Squamish Territory Trees Forever teaches planting by shovel-friendly volunteers call (319) 362-0664 for details. King of Glory International Church serves free sandwiches Wednesdays and Fridays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as part of Community Serving Community program call (319) 594-9407.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Rd
Wha’la
Squamish
Trees Forever
King of Glory International Church
Second St
Call
North Liberty Community Library
Cherry St
Greta Reynolds
Teddy Bear Bakery
Iowa City
Center Point Spring Bazaar Supports City Fire Department
A spring fundraiser bazaar to aid the Center Point Fire Department is set for April 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Center Point Elementary School lunch room with 25 participating businesses and lunch available. The Center Point Fire Family Auxiliary sponsors.
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Center Point
Quakers Aid Refugees In 1939 Philadelphia Exhibit
Seventy years ago John Kaltenbach guided four European refugees from the YMCA in Philadelphia to Iowa as tensions rose before World War II. The exhibit at the Scattergood area historic site, drawn from 1930s sources, preserves this Iowa history through a TRACES World War II Museum display now on permanent loan in Cedar County.
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John Kaltenbach
YMCA
Philadelphia
Iowa
Adolf Hitler
Poland
John
Religious Society of Friends
United States
Scattergood Friends School
West Branch
St. Paul
Minn
Cedar County
Holocaust hostel display at Iowa museum noted in video
The Gazette online reports a video on the Holocaust hostel exhibit at the Historical Society museum north of Tipton. Museum coordinator Sandy Harmel recalls finding a room and a postcard bought on eBay showing the two story hostel. The display notes 186 refugees with 85 percent Jewish, conveying peace and Iowa hospitality during wartime.
Traces Museum POW Exhibit and Hostel Events at Tipton and West Branch
Activities at the Cedar County Historical Society museum north of Tipton include a traveling exhibit TRACES No. 3 Held in the Heartland German POWs in the Midwest 1943 1946 with tours and a 6 p.m. lecture by Coe College professor Steve Fuller on WWII POW Camp Money. Regular hours are posted and admission is free. An April 18 event features TRACES Museum No. 1 Behind Barbed Wire Midwest POWs in Nazi Germany at Scattergood Friends School near West Branch with a Sunday reunion and slide show detailing hostel history.
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Cedar County Historical Society
Highway 38
Tipton
Traces Museum
Heartland
Midwest
Traces.org
Steve Fuller
Coe College
Iowa
Ten Rules of Good Ex Etiquette for Parents
The Contra Costa Florida Times outlines ten rules to ease splits and boost cooperation with exes and step families. Prioritize kids, seek help, avoid badmouthing, align with bio parents, and practice empathy, honesty, and respect to reduce conflict and model positive behavior.
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Jann Blackstone-Ford
Shary
Jupe Contra Costa
Fla
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