Cedar Rapids Playground Parade Finals This Thursday
The Cedar Rapids playground parade and round up events run all week with contests, races, a scavenger hunt, and a nature hike across multiple parks. The city championships concluded with Fillmore and Bowman Woods leading west and east divisions, and the parade on Thursday starts at Greene Square at 2 PM.
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Cedar Rapids
Madison
Apache
Hayes
Kenwood
Fillmore
Twin Pines
Bowman Woods
Polk
Johnson
Arthur
Alandale
Cherry Hill
Jones
Harrison
Garfield
Lincolnway
Erskine
Bever
Noelridge
Cleveland Park
Grant Wood
Santa Claus
Taylor
van Buren
Pierce
Jones and Frisbee
Eastside Playground
Westside
Greene Square
Fifth Street
Second Avenue
Second Street
Third Avenue
Tot Lot Graduation Ends Cedar Rapids Season
The final tot lot week marks 550 children entering kindergarten with Wednesday and Thursday graduation sessions at multiple Cedar Rapids locations. The 25th anniversary of the program features a special diploma and farm theme activities, with morning and afternoon programs, crafts, and a final day camping and recreation.
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Cedar Rapids
Jones Park
Apache Coolidge
Jones
Lincolnway
van Buren
Daniels Park
Anderson, Daniels
Monroe
Noelridge
Northview
Pierce
Redmond
Roosevelt Junior High School
Cherry Hill
Grant
Harrison
Jacelyn
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Wright Elementary
Bowman Woods
Eisenhower
Erskine
Kenwood
Nixon
Wright
Apache
Coolidge
Anderson
Daniels
Billy Goats
Gruff
Daniels and
Anderson and Grant
Jones, Erskine, Coolidge
Redmond and
Pierce and
Jacolyn
Second Officer Assigned To Salvation Army Center
Brig Robert Flowers assumes duties as officer in charge at the Salvation Army Corps Community center Cedar Rapids with Lt Michael Mills assisting and focusing on expanding youth programs. The center opened in October 1974 and reported 28 123 attendees in 1975 across 1 213 meetings while 16 775 attended 813 sessions in 1974. Flowers, from Springfield Illinois, has 36 years in the Salvation Army and previously served in Duluth and St Paul. He succeeds Capt Robert Arthur transferred to Springfield. Mills, born in Michigan City Indiana, trained at the Chicago officers school.
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Salvation Army Corps
Avenue NW
Robert Flowers
Michael Mills
Mills
Brig. Flowers
Cedar Rapids
Springfield, Ill
Salvation Army
North Dakota
Minnesota
Duluth
St. Paul
Brig
Flowers
University of Minnesota
Hamline
Northwestern University
Robert Arthur
Springfield
Michigan City
Ind
Salvation Army School
Chicago
Cedar Rapids schedules numerous city and county meetings
A dense listing of meetings across Cedar Rapids and Linn County includes the planning commissions, city council, county supervisors, school board, health center planning, and several citizen committees. Notable venues are City Hall fourth floor chambers, the Elks club, and the Health Center building.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Commission of Veteran Affairs
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City
Linn County Supervisors
Metro-Comm
Linn County Metropolitan Telecommunications
Cedar Rapids Urban Renewal Board
Linn County Board of Social Services
Cedar Rapids Planning Commission
Elks Club
Dear Genie seeks Iowa linked descendants for genealogical inquiries
Linn County Heritage society hosts Dear Genie queries. Readers with Iowa connections may submit 50 word questions to Dear Genie at P O Box 175 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406, and include name and address for direct replies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
Dear Genie
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Vechten Park
Legion Lanes
Bever Park
Bever Pool
Red Rover
Salvation Army Center
Uigali
St. Wenceslaus Day Care Center
Linn County Mechanical Board
John Bowman
Prescott
Ontario
Canada
Emily Bremmer
Pierrepont Manor
Fred B
Allie E
Emma Levina Henry
Derby
Theodore W
Walton H
John
Humeston
Promise City
Wilfred B. Bruce
Woodridge Co
Apt
Ottawa
Rachel Ryker
Indiana
E.A. Morehouse
Edward Morehouse
Margarette
Frank Street
Kane Township
Council Bluffs
Riker-Ryker
Marion Ryker Chiarello
Kenmore Avenue
Buffalo
N.Y
Mary Waln
Keeded Grove
William
Joseph
Elijah Dick Waln
Linn County
Ohio
Virginia
Mary
Nancy Waln
Nancy
Mary Bonard Waln
George N. Kelley
Fortieth Street
Sarah Johnston
Joseph Simmons
Roxanna
Rosanna Johnston
B.C. Barnes
Cedar County
David
Catherine Johnston
Dale Johnston
Lisbon
Per Johan Abrahamson
Ostra Ryd
Sweden
Louisa County
Morning Sun
Caroline B. Larson
Anna C
Per Johan
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Davenport
Knoxville
Des Moines
JoAnn Dyson
62Nd Street
Lubbock
Texas
Jacob
Hannah Martin Brown
Madison County
Hannah
Chester County
John Martin
Ruth Stephens
Martin
Paul N. Robinson
Limestone
American Federal Savings
Killian's
Lindale Plaza
Iowa City
Killians
Lews City
Mall Shopping Center
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