Men History Second proposed to honor men with extra time
Mike Deupree notes, Athens High School teacher Obert Marrs pushes for a Men’s History Second added to June 30. Officials say a occasional leap second adjusts the year. Marrs envisions a national moment to reflect on men’s contributions, listing figures from Salk to Roosevelt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obert Marrs
Athens High School
Athens
Ohio
Pany Tuwu
Iavili
U.S. Naval Observatory
United States
Marrs
Jonas Salk
Neil Armstrong
Theatre and arts events in Cedar Rapids area schedule
April 23 listings include Madeline's Rescue at Theatre Cedar Rapids 7 30 p m Cedar Rapids Youtheatre adults 10 children 7 Grinnell College The Visit 8 p m Roberts Theatre Speed The Plow 4 30 p m Studio Theatre U I Theatre Building 1 Arts Over AIDS screening Silence Death 7 p m CSPS 1103 Third St SE followed by discussion Wapsipinicon Almanac Reading 7 p m Per rine Gallery Stewart Memorial Library Coe College Lectures The Politics of Shakespeare History Play 9 30 a m Hickok Hall Coe College Teen parenting seminar 7 9 p m Marron Education Center Mercy Medical Center Brown bag Pre retirement Planning noon YWCA Comedy Greg Schwem 8 p m Penguins Comedy Club Music Guiwen Ding Chinese folk songs 8 p m Daehler Kitchin Auditorium Coe College Marion High School Concert 7 p m school auditorium Clinic Venereal disease exam 6 9 p m Linn County Health Department Recycling Truck Cedar Rapids area collection 10 a m 2 p m East econo foods list St NE clear glass, brown bagged newspapers no inserts, metals 3 feet max cans cleaned and flattened, some plastics details at truck schedule
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Theatre
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Youtheatre
Roberts
Grinnell College
Studio
U of I
Charles K. Cannon
Hickok Hall
Coe College
Carole Harder
Marron Education Center
Mercy Medical Center
YWCA
Guiwen Ding
Shenyang Conservatory of Music
Daehler-Kitchin
Marion High School
Econofoods East
St. NE
Meetings calendar shows local government sessions
Four p.m. Kirkwood Community College Board in B A Jensen Board Room Kirkwood Hall. Five thirty p.m. Johnson County Conservation Board in the Administration Building. Seven p.m. Vinton City Council at City Hall. CITYLINE Calendar lists events for Cedar Rapids Iowa City and surrounding areas with contact numbers.
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Kirkwood Community College Board
B.A. Jensen
Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College
Johnson County Conservation Board
Johnson County
Vinton City Council
Cityline
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Gene linked to diabetes in Type 2 cases
Scientists tie a mutated gene to an uncommon form of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Type 2. Co author Graeme Bell notes followup could illuminate more typical cases. Type 2 affects about 90 percent of US diabetics, usually after age 30 and in those with family history or obesity.
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New York
Graeme Bell
American Diabetes Association
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Mike Deupree
Joseph McCarthy
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
al Capone
John Philip Sousa
Lou Gehrig
Martin Luther King Jr
Thomas Jefferson
Jackie Robinson
John Steinbeck
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Thomas Edison
Humphrey Bogart
Vincent van Gogh
Langston Hughes
Elisha Graves Otis
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Joe DiMaggio
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ernest Hemingway
Alexander Graham Bell
Charles Drew
Pablo Picasso
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dick Butkus
Bob Greene
The
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Hy-Vee Food and Drug Store
Highway 151
Marion
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Iowa
Associated Press
Ea News
AP News
Earth Savers
Tribune Media Services
Business Stories Daily
Third St
Perrine Gallery
Stewart Memorial Library
Greg Schwem
Penguins Comedy Club
Linn County Health Department
13Th St. NW
Siebke Hoyt
Westdale Mall
Amana Woolen Mill
Amana
Beige
Amana Society
Main Amana, Iowa
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