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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1978
Page
2
The Veterans Administration launches Operation Boost a 42 stop state tour via a special red white and blue van. It will reach Cedar Rapids at Lindale Plaza on August 17 as the program begins.
July weather in Cedar Rapids proves warmer and wetter than average. Local pages cover Mount Mercy College scholarships, a rock show preview, ancestry queries, a substitute teacher workshop, water safety class, and a new Iowa Development Commission member calling himself the new kid on the block.
Washington AP reports the Health Insurance Institute notes rising skateboard injuries as popularity grows. The Consumer Product Safety Commission cites about 370000 injuries last year, twice the 1976 figure, with ages 10 to 14 accounting for nearly half and 15 to 17 close behind.
Readers’ notices detail contributions to Camp Good Health and memorial gifts across Iowa. Entries name donors and recipients, with figures shown for several donations and unassigned totals, plus a 1978 budget figure awaiting funds.
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band presents its last 1978 concert tonight at Ellis Park, free to the public, about an hour long. Principal trumpet James Debb of the Cedar Rapids Symphony stars in a trumpet solo with Frank Pier conducting the city-sponsored event.
Ty Soares used his father’s old hubcap as raw material for a fifth grade art project at a local high school resource center. With paint twine and a pencil the boy created the world’s first four string hub cap. Ty and classmates tested homemade instruments while Jeanne Rogers a teacher and jazz pianist supervised.
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