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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1982
Page
2
The article recounts summer fishing across Lake Mac Gride Pleasant Creek Lake and Spirit Lake with multiple anglers reporting large blue and channel catfish bass and lake trout. Fishers from Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Grand Marais describe sizable catches and a memorable carp misidentified as a trophy catch.
The program in August offers biking or jogging options with calorie goals. Kennedy High School coach Alan Stiers will lead group meetups at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday evenings at the trailhead off Boyson Road in Hiawatha to estimate ideal weight and teach warm up and cool down strategies. It is sponsored by Iowa Rails to Trails, Inc. and is free.
Altoona painter Paul Bridgford swept the three Iowa conservation stamp competitions earning inclusion on the 1983 trout habitat and wildfowl stamps. No prize money, but potential prints sales could reach thousands. Top five in each contest included Bridgford Ames Dean Biechler Council Bluffs Russell Jeffrey Cedar Falls Tom Carter Cedar Falls Val Patrilla Vinton.
Winnebago Industries said it signed a licensing deal with Oxford Industries to produce outdoor clothing under the Winnebago name. The line launches next spring and will be sold nationwide through chain and other outlets. The article also notes Winnebago has existing licensing deals with three other manufacturers for camping gear, stoves, lanterns, backpacks, and luggage.
No age limit for entrants. Mail entries to Public Affairs Department The Gazette P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406. A subcommittee of The Gazette Centennial Committee will judge and declare the winner. The committee may reject or edit entries. Entries become the property of The Gazette Company and will not be returned. Gazette employees and families are ineligible. Deadline is noon Friday August 13.
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