Local School Board Nominations Near for Cedar Rapids Area
Twenty two candidates filed by the 5 p.m. deadline for twelve seats on Cedar Rapids Community Schools College Community schools and Kirkwood Community College boards. Cedar Rapids sees eight candidates for four vacancies two seats are contested while Wayne Howes and Lauree Gerber run unopposed. Kirkwood faces incumbent John Gerber seeking another term and challenger Alice Davis the first woman candidate for the board.
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Cedar Rapids
Greenwood Drive
Ronald Bird
Eighteenth Street SE
John Gerber
Lauree Gerber
Gerber
Alice Davis
Fifth Street
Kirkwood Board of Directors
Races Set for Cedar Rapids and College Community Directors
Races draw 22 candidates across Cedar Rapids precincts including All Saints Tyler Immaculate Conception Taft Cleveland Lincoln Riverside Fillmore Madison Ellis YMCA city hall and Coe college. Unopposed are Wayne Newton Luzerne for district five and Morris Allen Marion for district seven. Richard Foerstner faces Robert Klaus in district three while district two of Kirkwood is between Sam Schuetz and Harold Yeoman. College Community directors offer three district vacancies with John Anderson Jr opposed by Carroll Powell and three candidates contesting the director at large seat. An unexpired two year term in district four lists Arnold Yanecek against Robert Wahlert.
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Mary Ann Kucera
Larry Drive
Frank Malone
Applewood Place
Wayne Howes
Fifth Avenue SE
Lauree Gerber
Nineteenth Street NW
District Two
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College Board of Directors
All Saints
Tyler
Immaculate Conception
Taft
Cleveland
Lincoln School
Riverside Roundhouse
Fillmore
Madison
Ellis Ymca
City Hall
Coe College
Kirkwood Community College
Wayne Newton
Luzerne
Belle Plaine
Benton
Shellsburg
Vinton
van Buren
Hoover
Coolidge
Harrison School
Kennedy High School
Covington
Morris Allen
Marion
Kirkwood
Richard Foerstner
Iowa City
Robert J. Klaus
Foerstner
Iowa City Community
Monticello
Lewis Dreibelbis
Sam H. Schuetz
Harold Yeoman
Anamosa
Central City
Mt. Vernon
North Linn
Springville
Urbana
Center Point
Monroe
Squaw Creek
College Community School
John Anderson, Jr
Route One
Carroll E. Powell
Pebble Drive
Jack Hayes
Swisher
Jack Millard
Carriage Drive
Roberta Lympus
Milton Chadima
Fairfax
College Community School Board
Arnold Yanecek
Walford
Robert Wahlert
College
Methane Ice on Pluto
New observations from Kitt Peak and the UH scientists suggest Pluto may be partly covered with methane ice. If confirmed, this implies Pluto is smaller than previously thought and could be a former moon of Neptune.
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New York
Pluto
Neptune
Earth
Mt. Palomar
California
Kitt Peak National Observatory
Arizona
University of Hawaii
Dale P. Cruikshank
Carl B. Pilcher
David Morrison
Cruikshank
Saturn
Rath
Bemis Heights Battle Ends Saratoga Campaign
The Battle of Bemis Heights on October 7 1777 marked the final engagement of the Saratoga campaign. Benedict Arnold led Gen Horatio Gates troops to force Burgoyne’s surrender after Fraser fell and British lines collapsed leaving 600 casualties.
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Bemis Heights
Benedict Arnold
Horatio Gates
Johnny” Burgoyne
Gates
Arnold
Burgoyne
Simon Fraser
Fraser
Redcoats
World Almanac
One Woman Cares for Stray Dogs in California
Florence Miller, a 63 year old widow in Marysville, runs a county licensed kennel caring for up to 3000 stray dogs per year. She spends about 1000 dollars monthly, relying on donations and occasional pet placements with only social security as fixed income.
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Marysville
Calif
Florence Miller
Western Is Soloist At Final Band Concert
Bruce Western will be the saxophone soloist at the final municipal band concert tonight at 8 in Ellis Park. A UI senior and Kennedy high school graduate, he studies under Dr Ronald Tyree and plays with the Iowa Saxophone Quartet and UI bands. The program includes Introduction and Samba and Pan Am Rag as encore. Frank Piersol directs with selections by Huffine Bach Grafulla Strauss Scott and others. The concert is free and open to the public.
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Bruce Western
Fortieth Street
Municipal
Ellis Park
Western
Kennedy High School
University of Iowa
Ronald Tyree
Iowa
UI Jazz Lab
Whitney
Municipal Band
Turpin
Frank Piersol
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Allen
Alburnett
Linn-Mar
Marion Independent
Harding Junior High
Kenwood
Hiawatha City
Palo
Robins
Judy
Daubenmier
Walter Sullivan
Times Service
Mercury
Saratoga
Smulekoff
Piersol
Basses
Huffine
Jesu
Man
Bach
Washington Grays
Grafulla
Strauss
Glenn Miller
Scott
Ana Aryapie
Best Buy
Alden, Armstrong
Bigelow
Karastan
Mohawk
World
Wanda
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