Sauerkraut Days kicks off with Toy Story 3 screen
Lisbon hosts a 102 year old Sauerkraut Days four day festival opening with an outdoor Toy Story 3 movie at 9 p.m. in City Park. The event features a slow pitch softball tournament Thursday, a free ice cream social with music by Johnny Krob, rock climbing wall, bounce houses, trackless train, and a 9 p.m. fireworks finale. See Sauerkrautdays.com for details.
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Sauerkrautdays.com
Lukavsky family to be honored at State Fair
DES MOINES The Lukavsky family of Washington Iowa will receive The Way We Live Award at 10:30 a.m. Saturday on the Christensen Farms Stage of the Iowa State Fair. The honor cites daily dedication to animal agriculture and farm values from hard work and a love of farming. Mount Vernon The Linn County Conservation Department and Cedar Amateur Astronomers will host a sun observing program from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the Eastern Iowa Observatory and Learning Center.
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Iowa
Christensen Farms
Paul R. Knapp
Mount Vernon
Linn County Conservation Department
Cedar Amateur Astronomers
Eastern Iowa
Pineapple fundraiser supports Camp Courageous events
The 34th annual Pineapple Sale runs Friday to Sunday at nearly 30 Hy-Vee stores across Eastern Iowa including Cedar Rapids Coralville Iowa City and Marion. One dollar from each sale benefits Camp Courageous. The 33rd Pineapple Gala follows at 6 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Cedar Rapids Marriott with a silent and live auction items entertainment Hawaiian dinner and door prizes including a Hawaii trip. Tickets 50 or 500 for a table. contact Charlie Becker or visit campcourageous.org.
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Charlie Becker
Campcourageous.org
Cliff Haverkamp 90th birthday shines with lifelong service
Cliff Haverkamp marked his 90th birthday with family from Minnesota and other states. The Brucemore volunteer and former electrical engineer stayed active after his wife Leona’s 1995 death, volunteering 17 years at Brucemore, leading tours, assisting with parking, and joining the New Horizons Band at age 80. Born in Orange City, he graduated in 1938 and served in the war.
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California
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Science Station
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Marion
Brucemore
Leona
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Mom
Robin Hart
Amman
Bever Park
Cliff
Randi Allison
Alan Lawrence
Orange City
Iowa Life of a WWII Pilot and Engineer
The piece profiles Haverkamp an Iowa native and WWII B 17 navigator shot down in 1943 held 16 months as a POW and liberated in 1945 He returned married completed electrical engineering at Iowa State on the G I bill and built a long career at Collins Radio Square D and Quaker Oats before retiring in 1986 He remains active in travel camping and music with daughters and a missionary focus reflected in family anecdotes and ongoing plans.
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Akron
Ohio
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Russia
Jordan
Holy Land
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Old Jerusalem
Kerak Castle
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Anders Bergstrom
Johnson School of the Arts
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