Cedar Rapids Officials Schedule Dense With Meetings
City and county calendars show a packed slate across Cedar Rapids and Linn County. Sessions include Cedar Rapids city council workshops and regular meetings, school district board sessions, planning commission, and health center board gatherings, plus a crime commission and urban renewal board.
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Hiawatha City Hall
Linn Regional Planning Commission
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Linn Health Center
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids urban _renewal board
Eastern Iowa Area Crime Commission
Executive Plaza
First Avenue SE
Ascent of Man course offered at Coe College this fall
Coe College offers a 13 week home television and classroom discussion course titled The Ascent of Man. The program, sponsored by the Coe humanities program in the evening session, runs Wednesdays starting Sept 24 with Dr. John J. Murray leading. Students will watch the TV series at home beginning Sept 30 and discuss topics across literary, musical, historical, scientific, philosophical, and artistic themes.
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Man
Coe College
Coe Humanities
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Murray
St Luke’s Radiologic Technology Class to Graduate
The St Luke’s school of radiologic technology will hold commencements Thursday at 7 p.m. at St Michael’s Episcopal church. The seven graduates include James E Connally James L Meyers Deanna K Shetler Denise M Sweeney Maureen O Brine Ketelsen Terry K Miller Ollie and Julie M Pickart. Dr Arno L Jensen a Cedar Rapids radiologist will speak on Believe. A reception follows.
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St. Luke's School
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
James E. Connally
James L. Meyers
Deanna K. Shetler
Denise M. Sweeney
Cedar Rapids
Maureen O’brine Ketelsen
Santa Ana
Calif
Terry K. Miller
Ollie
Julie M. Pickart
Blairstown
Arno L. Jensen
Noah Webster Speller and the Birth of Copyright
Noah Webster created the Blue-Back Speller a foundational English volume. Unscrupulous publishers copied it without payment or credit. Webster helped forge the federal copyright law enacted by Congress in 1790 to protect authors rights, and the 1870 law made the Library of Congress the first central agency for copyright deposits in the United States.
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Noah Webster
Webster
Congress
Library of Congress
U.S
Life Investors opens new Edgewood building with souvenir booklet
Theron Thomsen announces a free souvenir booklet at Life Investors Inc open house at 4333 Edgewood Road NE. The $3.6 million five story building will be open 2 to 4 p.m. with a 2 p.m dedication. Executives will guide tours and refreshments offered on the fifth floor cafe. The booklet covers the 16 year history since 1959 origin by Dr. Ralph Moe of Griswold.
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Life Investors, Inc
Theron Thomson
Edgewood Road
Thomsen
Ralph Moe
Griswold
New YMCA Pool Closed For Fall Prep
The Central branch YMCA will close its new pool for three days Wednesday to Friday to prepare for fall classes. Sign-up week for fall activities runs September 2 to 6, with information sheets available at the Y. During the closure, the old pool hosts swimming, and youth fun swims for ages six to twelve run 4 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
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Central Branch Ymca
Larry Lutz
Lutz
Peggy Brock
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