Mechanicsville Garden Club marks 70th anniversary celebration
Members gathered at Elaine Lieser’s Tipton home in May to celebrate 70 years of service to gardening. The Mechanicsville group pledged to beautify local grounds and continue financial support to Trees Forever, with officers and members named across Tipton Lisbon and Cedar Rapids ties.
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Mechanicsville Garden Club
Elaine Lieser
Tipton
Jeanne Ann Johnson
Joye Davidson
Mary Janette Andre
Bonnie Mills
Cedar Rapids
Jean Rekemeyer
LaVerne Paidar
Millicent Zenishek
Donna Kuehnle
Dorothy Ferguson
Virginia Woods
Mercy Medical Center Cardiac Pulmonary Reunion Picnic
More than 100 patients and family members attended Mercy Medical Center's 13th annual reunion picnic for cardiac and pulmonary rehab on June 12 at Jones Park in Cedar Rapids. Attendees included Gary Carter of Cedar Rapids and Keith Mithelman Joan Mithelman Barbara Hastings and Delbert Hastings of Norway.
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Mercy Medical Center
Jones Park
Cedar Rapids
Gary Carter
Keith
Joan Mithelman
Barbara
Delbert Hastings
Norway
King Honored with Gee Tree on Coe College Campus
A tree planting was held July 25 on the Coe College campus in memory of Cedar Rapids native Tom King. Present were Abbott and Joan Lipsky of Cedar Rapids, Tom's brother Bob King of Utah, his parents June and Don King of Cedar Rapids, and Coe President James Phifer. The Lipskys donated the tree to memorialize Tom, a Wall Street Journal columnist and best selling author who died in April.
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Tom King
Abbott
Joan Lipsky
Tom
Bob King
Utah
June
Don King
Coe
James Phifer
Lipskys
The
Wall Street Journal
Local hero Mary Quass signs drive for breast cancer awareness
Cedar Rapids resident Mary Quass signs her picture on the Ultimate Drive lead BMW at Zimmerman BMW on July 11. She was named a Mercy Women's Center local hero for breast cancer awareness promotion. BMW and Zimmerman donated 4426 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation based on test drive miles. Pictured with Quass are center representatives Rebecca Jacobs Kay Jackson and Mary Krug.
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Mary Quass
Cedar Rapids
BMW
Zimmerman Bmw
Quass
Mercy Women’s Center
Zimmerman
Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation
Women’s Center
Rebecca Jacobs
Kay Jackson
Mary Krug
Marion
Cedar Rapids concert group kicks off summer sales drive
Thirty board members and sales associates attended the Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association kickoff at Clarke Alumni House on June 24. Speakers included president George Baldwin and membership secretary Wilma Shadle as the group promotes a five concert season running Sept 25 through April 13. For brochures call (319) 363-6254 or write CRCCA 800 35th St NE Cedar Rapids 1A 52402.
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Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association
Clarke Alumni House
Coe College
Kay Staab
George Baldwin
Wilma Shadle
Cedar Rapids
CRCCA
35Th St
Bob Hope memories span Iowa to California milestones
A collection of reminiscences recounts Bob Hope performing at the Hippodrome in 1946 during the National Cattle Congress, a Waterloo hotel party, a railroad executive secretly flagging a passenger train, and other Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Burbank visits. The notes describe early fan letters, a Cedar Rapids Mercy Hospital fundraiser in 1979, meeting Hope at NBC studios, and a signed copy of The Road to Hollywood.
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Amvets
Hippodrome
National Cattle Congress
Russell-Lamson
Waterloo
Illinois Railroad
Illinois
Chicago
Illinois Central
Omaha
Howdy Roberts
Vern Hansen Campbell
Calif
Bob Hope
Bel Air
Mr. Hope
Northwestern University
Northwestern
California
Bob
Doris Day
Des Moines
Ture
Long Beach
NBC
Burbank
Carson
Hope
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
KCRG
Dave Carter
Mercy
Five Seasons Center
Hollywood
Dave
Dave Metz
Eastern
Iowa
Senior center meal menus and activity schedule list
The Witwer Senior Center and multiple sites provide senior meals for ages 60 plus and spouses, with weekly menus and activity calendars. Contact numbers plus center addresses are given for meal sites and ongoing programs including bingo, quilting, bridge, pinochle, and various classes across Marion, Ambroz, Lincoln, Ely, Mount Vernon Lisbon, Palo, Hiawatha, Center Point, St Marks, and Springville sites.
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Witwer Senior Center
Second Ave
Marion Senior Center
Ambroz Senior Center
Mount Vernon Rd
Fifth St
Lincoln
18Th Ave
Ely
Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Southeast
Linn Community Center
S. Washington
Lisbon
Palo
Hiawatha
Emmons St
Frank Buhr
Center Point
Camp Tanager Funding Drive Update
Tanager Place Cedar Rapids administers Camp Tanager for children unable to attend. Donations may be sent to The Gazette Cedar Rapids or delivered to The Gazette cashier. Fiscal 2003/2004 goal is $45,000. raised $36,920.71 so far.
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Tanager Place of
Cedar Rapids
Tanager Place
The
Gazette
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Echanicsville Garden Club
Garden Club
Mercy Women's Gen
Community Concert Association
Delores
Jane Payseur
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Johnson Ave
Rowley St
Springville
Broadway
O'Deens
Energ
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