Community events and city meetings August 1 1994
Zoning cases special meetings in Coggon Lisbon and Mount Vernon at 7 p.m. SCIENCE Iowa City forum on human genome ethics by Dr. Jeffrey Murray at 12:25 p.m. Canoeing class for grades 3-5 at Ellis Park. Tama County Fair Gladbrook Clinton County 4-H De Witt. African Safari art class for grades 4-6 at The Arts Center Iowa City. Illinois Lottery results and Powerball numbers with jackpot updates.
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Coggon
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Iowa City Area
Ellis Park
Indian Creek Nature Center
The
Arts Center
Iowa City
Jefferson Building
Vital Statistics Mercy and St. Luke's Birth Notices
July 30 and 31 listings show births at Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals. Names include Twyla Gossman and Mark Gossman with a son. Sean Finn and Stacey Finn with a daughter. Debbie Philipp in Ely with a son. Tamara Coghlan with a son. multiple families in Stanwood Anamosa Marion Elkader and other locations with sons and daughters listed. Notable addresses and couples referenced for each birth.
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Mercy
Twyla
Mark Gossman
McCloud Dr. NE
Sean
Stacey Finn
St. NE
Debbie
Chris Philipp
Ely
ST. Luke's
Tamara Coghlan
First Ave. SE
Nancy
Kirk Keith
Stanwood
Abbey
Christopher Urth
Anamosa
Lorraine
Richard Gaffney
Ryan
Vicki
David Chandier
Black Hawk
Marion
Stacy Verdeck
Jeffrey Monck
K Ave. NE
Ann
David Gibney
Elkader
Brenda
Robert McClelland
Tanager Place Balloon Festival Lights the Amana Skies
More than 30 hot air balloons will color the Amana Colonies Visitors Center during the 1994 Tanager Place Hot Air Balloon Festival on Aug 13 14. Balloons fly at 7 a.m. with pancake breakfasts, a mass ascension at 6 30 p.m. Saturday. Activities include games crafts bingo a photo contest and a country concert. Tickets are $3 in advance from Target Guaranty Bank Amana Visitors Center Mike McGrath Auto Center KGAN TV. Children 12 and under free.
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Tanager Place
Amana Colonies
Amanas
General Mills
Target Stores
Guaranty Bank
Amana Visitors Center
Mike McGrath Auto Center
Kgan-Tv
Naam
Pipelayers licensing exam set for August 12
The Cedar Rapids Pipelayers Licensing Board will hold a pipelayers licensing exam at 1 p.m. on August 12 on the City Hall mezzanine. Interested applicants should contact Building Department plumbing inspectors at 398-5077 for details.
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Cedar Rapids Pipelayers Licensing Board
City Hall
Building Department
Former Iowa doctor faces board hearing
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners schedules a Sept 30 hearing to decide potential disciplinary action against Wayne Christenson a former Iowa City area psychiatrist. Christenson 43 previously had Michigan license suspension after an informal settlement including a 2000 fine and psychiatric evaluation. The board may revoke or modify his Iowa license which is currently expired. Also scheduled Sept 30 are Dr Gary Wart 60 formerly Waterloo ObGyn and Dr Robert Sellers 63 Council Bluffs with separate actions including suspensions fines and reprimands for ethics and conduct issues.
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Rod Boshart
Des Moines
Iowa Board of Medical Examiners
Iowa
Michigan
Wayne Christenson
Goshen
Iowa City
Christensen
Gary Wart
Caruthersville
Waterloo
Virginia Board of Medicine
Virginia
Robert Sellers
Council Bluffs
Sellers
Threshing Days to feature horse hitches in Waukon
The 22nd annual Threshing Days runs August 5 to 7 in Waukon with a Sunday parade at 12 30 p m featuring multi horse hitches. Ray Sweeney hosts events at his acreage near Village Farm and Home with the House of Clocks museum and a life size train set. Activities include flea market and food stands, dirt Flingers tractor pull, runs and walk, volleyball, barn dancing, church services, mini rod tractor pull and demonstrations of farming heritage.
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Waukon
Ray Sweeney
Sweeney
City Park
Move toward a single community for Lisbon and Mount Vernon
The two towns increasingly cooperate on services and development. A joint council and committees address issues from waste water to housing with joint programs like the county’s first curb side recycling in 1991. Local leaders say closeness benefits business and coverage.
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Ruth Grisham
Lisbon-Mount Vernon
Freiburger Waste Services
Beimer
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Cornell College
Id Zahradnik
Lisbon Economic Development Corporation
Hillcrest Country Club
Dennis Herrick
the Sun
Pat Zilk
le Sous Sol
Sheryl Church
Flower farming gains as a profitable niche for land use
Shepherd, 39, grows 20 000 lilies and gladiolas on half an acre, arguing prime cropland should stay in production if profitable. He notes labor intensity, weather challenges, family support, and a tornado that damaged his father’s barn but spared the flowers, reinforcing his belief in diversified farming.
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Cooper
Shepherd
Deb
Sam
History program on early Oneota village in Iowa
Linn County Historical Society hosts History for Lunch on Monday Aug 15 from noon to 1 pm in the History Center meeting room. Carmen Langel will discuss Archaeology of an Early Oneota Village in Iowa as part of the exhibit Linn County Footprints in Time. The talk is free and open to the public, with sack lunches encouraged. Admission is 2 dollars for adults, 1 dollar for school children, free for members and preschoolers.
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Linn County Historical Society
History Center
Carmen Langel
Iowa
Mar
Linn County
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Gazette
Linda Kahibauy
Mount Lisbon
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
Paul Orcutt
Ray
Annie Vahi
Steve Meek
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