ISU Cremation Garden Aims to Alleviate Cemetery Space
Iowa State University faces space limits at its historic cemetery and proposes a cremation garden east of the site. The plan includes granite columbarium walls for urns, with initial phase cost around 1 million dollars and potential niches near six thousand dollars each. The garden would open burial rights to alumni and friends, with feasibility studies and regent review pending.
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Ames
Iowa State University
ISU
Warren Madden
Madden
Jeff Johnson
ISU Alumni Association
Iowa State
Iowa
Johnson
Iowa Board of Regents
Regents
Gaffigan Delivers Lean Contagious Comedy in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids packed U S Cellular Center for Jim Gaffigan’s Contagious tour stop as opening act Ted Alexandro warmed up with about 20 minutes of material on being single at 46 and teaching music. Gaffigan followed with ninety minutes centered on weight, food humor, and Hot Pockets, closing strong with a breathy persona and meta jokes.
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Ustin Turner
Reelanc
Jim Gaffigan
U.S. Cellular Center
Cedar Rapids
Gaffigan
Ted Alexandro
Alexandro
Satan
Jesus
Long
Tinsley Ellis Brings Southern Blues To Cedar Rapids
Tinsley Ellis from Atlanta headlined the renamed Cedar River Blues Festival at McGrath Amphitheatre in Cedar Rapids with the Janeys backing him. A crowd of nearly 500 enjoyed Ellis's guitar work and stories of Iowa, while organizers plan a longer future with more bands. Ellis praised Iowa, recalled Waubeek memories from 1989, and urged a return visit.
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Cedar Rapids
Tinsley Ellis
Atlanta
Cedar River
Linn County Blues Society
Brucemore
Blues Society
Frank Wilson
McGrath
Riverside
Ellis
Janeys
Billy Lee Janey
Bryce
Rolling Stone
Florida
Bo Diddley
Iowa
FB & Company
Waubeek
Wapsipinicon
Alligator Records
Tom “T-Bone
Giblin
McGrath Amphitheatre
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