Quiet time at Noelridge greenhouses prep for spring
City greenhouses at Noelridge Park enter winter lull with three houses shut and two heated for essential care. Educational tours for 120 to 130 school groups continue, while spring plantings and open houses draw locals and Scouts. Budget notes and proposed golf fee holds are also discussed by Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis.
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Ann Schrader
City Hall
Noelridge Park City
Stirling
Stan Reinis
Reinis
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Senior Bureau-Tait Cummins to speak at Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids events note speaker Senior Bureau-Tait Cummins will address the Senior Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce on January 3 at 2 30 p.m. in the chamber building board room. Also listed are weekly games, holiday closings, open houses, and local business notices across Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Reinis
Tait Cummins
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Building
Third St
International
Trinity United Methodist Church
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Mike Stern
Operation Native Talent set for Cedar Rapids career expo
The 14th annual Operation Native Talent career fair opens registration 11:30 a.m. at the Roosevelt Royale Hotel with desks ready 30 minutes prior. Eastern Iowa seniors may meet 23 participating firms across fields from education to utilities, with booths staffed by top personnel and support from Job Services of Iowa and Cedar Rapids officials.
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Roosevelt Royale Hotel
Cedar Rapids-Marion Area
Wind chill explained and its effects on winter warmth
The wind chill index, developed in 1941 in Antarctica, measures how much heat is removed from the body by wind. Factors include humidity sun exposure and clothing. Frostbite risk rises with wind speed, and thicker clothing greatly reduces heat loss.
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Antarctic
MECAS to Close and Move Center of Arabic Studies
Britain closes the Middle East Center for Arabic Studies once based in Chemlane near Beirut and transfers it to the Foreign Office Language Center in London. The move follows Lebanese civil strife and ends MECAS long role training diplomats and spies in Arabic language and Mideast politics.
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London
Britain
Lebanon
Foreign Office
Middle East
MECAS
Kamal Jumblatt
Kim Philby
George Blake
Jerusalem
Palestine
Jordan
Chemlane
Beirut
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Dale Huddleson
Green Paradise
Carter
Ellis
Twin Pines
Squaw Creek
Jones
St. Joseph's Church Hall
Marion
Jack Shepherd
Cedar Rapids Auctioneer
Iowa Radio Supply Company
Bill Hall & Co
Bill
Twyla
Elizabeth
Andy
Sharon
Donna
Kathy
Marty
Nancy
Sue
Bobbie Jo
Drug Town
Landenberger, Reece, Bateman, Roger
Tory Peterson
Sertoma
McLean-Bassin Insurance Agency
2Nd Avenue SE
Millhiser-Smith Agency
Florida
D.J
Allen Brothers
Phillips 66
Holiday Inn
Grand Ole Opry
Hall of Fame
Homes of the Stars
Adv
R & Jay Cycle Accessories
3Rd St. SE
Novak
14Th Avenue
Johnson Nut Company
Sebastian
Anni
Linn Art
Jerome's
IE Tower
Anita M. Davidson
24Th St. NE
Loras College
Dubuque
Mary Kellogg
Strawberry Point
Loras
Town House
St. Luke’s Hospital
H. N. Steele
Young
St. Joseph’s Church Hall
Kiwanis
Roosevelt Royale
Firooz Etemad
Iran
Chet Casali
The
YMCA
Mimm'’s
All Saints School
Berger Furrier, Marion
Moon
William Grundy
Native Talent
Grundy
Harold Ewoldt
Job Services of
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Mike Millard
F.R. Nordengren
Lavern Sauerbry
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Mystal Blair
the Gazette
Mary Collins
Metropolitan Insurance Co
Terry L. Cotton
Penny Saver
David Drewelow
General Mills
Larry Emeth
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Pat Heyer
FMC Crane and Excavator
William Holtz
Collins Groups
Rockwell International
Doug Beadle
Schaefer Jewelers
First Street
John and Mary Platt
Pulaski, Tenn
Ku Klux Klan
Thomas Plumbing Service, Inc
15Th St
Lindale Mall
Iowa City
Killian’s
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