City and School Board Meetings and Lectures Calendar
Local government meetings in Cedar Rapids area on August 15 include Manchester City Council Alburnett Marion Independent Mount Vernon Springville Monticello Brooklyn Clear Creek Independence Kalona North Tama. Lectures cover AIDS education Wills Probates and Living Trusts Archaeology of an Early Oneota Village. Also lotteries and birth notices follow.
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Manchester City Council
Alburnett School Board
Marion Independent School District
Mentzer
Second Ave
Marion
Mount Vernon
Clear Creek Community School Board
Independence School Board
Kalona
Beems
Cedar Rapids
Ee Datatin Senna
Wills
Living Trust
St. Luke’s Health and Wellness
Westdale Mall
Iowa
Carmen Lange
the History Center
Eighth Ave. SE
Friends John Joel share spotlight as music icons
Veterans of pop Elton John and Billy Joel headline a near four hour stadium show in Ames. The duo traded songs and stunts blending classic and ’90s sounds before 60 000 fans at Cyclone Stadium. Both stars delivered hits from Your Song to Piano Man with a dynamic onstage chemistry and high energy.
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John
Joel
Diana Nollen
Free Lance
Ames
Elton John
Billy Joel
Cyclone Stadium
New York
Woodstock
Joe Cocker
Hilton Coliseum
Bennie
the Jets
Lucille
Philadelphia
Threshing with horse power on a rural Iowa farm
On a Ladora farm Bill Feller uses Belgian horses and a horse powered thresher to thresh oats for the public and to train Belgians for Amish buyers. About twenty acres were threshed Sunday with the Fosters from Malcolm and Hubbell from Ladora assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Feller
Ladora
Gerald Foster
Leroy Foster
Jeff Hubbell
Fosters
Malcom
Hubbell
Mike Williams
Jeff
Williams Brothers
Conroy
Iowa State Fair Brings Generations Together and Restores Heritage
At the Central Hawkeye Gas Engine and Tractor Association exhibit and fairgrounds, families celebrate a legacy of farming tools and engines. The Miller brothers restore a 1946 M Farmall tractor spending 870 dollars while the Blue Ribbon Foundation funds barn and building restorations with gifts from Vermeer Manufacturing Pioneer Hi-Bred and others. Generations camp together for two weeks, sharing stories and maintaining fair traditions as brick memorials grow at Pioneer Pavilion.
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Miller Brothers
Josh
Fairgrounds
Marvin Brubaker
Des Moines
Doyle Brubaker
Newton
Darwin Damon
Knoxville
Central Hawkeye Gas Engine and Tractor Association
Prairie City
Doyle
John Putney
Putney
Vermeer
Vermeer Manufacturing
Pella
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc
Anderson-Erickson Dairy Co
Pioneer Pavilion
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Daily Notebook
TEL
CIT Cityline
TELUS
Coralville Market
S.T. Morrison Park
Cityline
Iowa City
Illinois Lottery
Deny Lee
Ereereeeey Bayete
April Botine
Orchard Dr. NW
Paul and
Legison Kidd
Wiley Bird
Dewn
Steve Sweeney
S. 26Th St
Mary
Mike Scalion
Burdette Dr
Tressa Dennis
G Ave
Wendy
David Dostal
121Th St
Amnie
Bryan Palen
Marengo
THE
LOG
Johnson County
Gazette
Bennie Eugene Wheetee
Brondney O.lowa
Poe
Boney
Kirkwood Avenue
Keokuk Street
Scott Cari Stout
First
West Branch
West Burlington Street
Review
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
Derek
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