Ronald McDonald house planned near Carver-Hawkeye Arena
A 16 bedroom Ronald McDonald House to aid seriously ill children and families is planned on a wooded lot west of the Carver-Hawkeye Sports Arena in Iowa City. Construction could begin in March or April pending state approvals, with an estimated project cost of about 817000 funded by donations and a $25000 grant from the Ray Kroc fund.
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Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Carver-Hawkeye
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Children’s Family Living Foundation, Inc
University Medical Complex
Iowa State Board of Regents
State Executive Council
Clifford Eldredge
University Hospitals
Eldredge
University of Iowa Hospitals
Dorothy O’brien
William
Kevin
McDonald
Coralville
O’brien
Ronald McDonald
Ray Kroc
McDonald Corporation
Hospital and Foundation
Hawkins Drive
Woolf Avenue
Rush-hour bus service suspended in Iowa City
Iowa City Transit suspends rush hour buses on the Hawkeye Apartments East Side Special Mark IV Lakeside Towncrest and Oak Crest routes until after the University of Iowa winter break. Service will resume January 17.
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Iowa City
Iowa City Transit
Hawkeye Apartments
East Side Special
Mark IV Apartments
Lakeside
Towncrest
Oakcrest
University of Iowa
Coe Chamber Orchestra Presents The Messiah
The Coe Chamber Orchestra will perform The Messiah for the 27th year at 8 p.m. Sunday in Manchester Middle School auditorium. Soloists include Jack Young tenor Steve Nurre bass Virginia Schmidt alto Leeta House soprano Betty Kongshang soprano Jolene Wilson alto Karen Frankenfeld alto and Mark Hansen bass. Singers hail from Manchester and surrounding areas. Sponsoring groups are the Manchester Jaycee Wives Manchester Lions Club and Manchester Rotary Club. Admission is free.
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Manchester
Middle School
Coe Chamber Orchestra
Jack Young
Steve Nurre
Virginia Schmidt
Leeta House
Betty Kongshang
Prano
Jolene Wilson
Karen Frankenfeld
Mark Hansen
Manchester Jaycee Wives
Manchester Lions Club
Manchester Rotary Club
Annual bird count begins in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
The Cedar Rapids Audubon Society conducts yearly Christmas season bird counts with coordinators Pete Wickham for Cedar Rapids and Weir Nelson for north Linn. In Iowa City Mike Newton leads the local count. about 60 species appear in each city area and 45 to 50 in Central City, with 36 species seen every year since 1977. The European starling is among the most frequently observed.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Central City
Ted
Quadrant
Duane Carr
Cedar Lake
Roberta Oppedahl
Fred Nissen
Wickham
Nelson
Newton
High School Drawings Exhibit in Iowa Memorial Union
An exhibit of drawings by Iowa high school students opens today and runs through January 20 in the Gallery Space at the Iowa Memorial Union.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Iowa Memorial Union
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U of Hospitals
Fred Hill
Philadelphia Eagles
Hills
Kim
Hill
United States
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McDonald's
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reMsuy
Messiah
Oster
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Gman
Wmbeau
Bourbon
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Wiskey
Kent
Joey Str
RY Jamf
Amana
Radarange
U.S
Smulekoffs
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