Mystery box to open at YMCA on Thursday in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids YMCA will open a copper cornerstone box unearthed during remodeling at First Avenue and Fifth Street NE. The 1918 sealed box contains mementos and notes about early building history. A public noon ceremony in the Mott Room invites memory keepers and former officials to witness the unsealing.
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YMCA
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Maurice Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Metropolitan Ymca
Wilson
Mott Room
Van Nostrand toSpeak at 42nd Marion Chamber Dinner
Maurice Van Nostrand former editor and Iowa Commerce Commission chair will speak at the Marion Chamber of Commerce 42nd annual dinner Tuesday January 15 at Longbranch convention center. Social hour 6:30 dinner 7:30 speech 8:30 tickets 11 dollars obtained at chamber office 760 11th St or by calling 377 6316 Awards to be presented.
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Maurice van Nostrand
Iowa Commerce Commission
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Longbranch
van Nostrand
Agri Industries
Est Des Moines
Marion Chamber
11Th St
Marion Briefs Closed for Holidays Through Jan 2
Holiday notices report Marion businesses and banks closing for the season. Farmers State and First National Banks will cut lobby and drive up hours to 6 p.m. Friday December 28 and resume normal hours Monday December 31. New Year’s Day closure noted. Community messages include best wishes from Elsie Nelson and ads for siding and a year end auto sale.
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Farmers State
First National Banks
Education Roundup: Teachers elect leaders and set goals
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers chose officers Norman Hanson president William Kilbourn vice president Beulah Lane recording secretary Harold Canny treasurer Mathelle Carlson executive secretary and Robert Barnes sergeant at arms at the December meeting. Proposed goals include forming a community Task Force on Educational Programs adopting job specifications and accountability standards and backing school board candidates who view teachers as equal partners. A Washington High senior, Richard Stack 3001 Orran Drive SE, won a 1979 National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Award in Writing after placing among 12 Iowa finalists and 850 national finalists. Stack is editor of the opinion page and a tennis team member.
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Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers
Norman Hanson
Kennedy High School
William Kilbourn
Harding Junior High School
Beulah Lane
Jefferson High School
Harold Canny
Kennedy
Mathelle Carlson
Cleveland
Robert Barnes
Roosevelt Junior High School
Washington
National Council of Teachers of English
Richard Stack
Orran Drive
Iowa
Stack
Prairie Junior High names national youth magazine correspondent
National correspondent Aimee Peddycoart of Fairfax becomes Prairie Junior High School correspondent to CO ED magazine. She will report on junior high activities for home economics features while a Grant Wood area meeting informs about substance abuse programs at 7 30 p m January 8 with officials from the Iowa Department of Substance Abuse and area agencies. Rock Gallagher named district coordinator for the Iowa Association of Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance as the association reorganizes into 15 districts. Adaptive physical education expands at Grant Wood with itinerant teachers aiding local staff in therapeutic and developmental activities for students with special needs.
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Aimee Peddycoart
Fairfax
Prairie
Peddycoart
Peddycourt
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Sixth St
Gary Riedman
Iowa
Grant Wood Agency
Area Substance Abuse Council
Iowa Substance Abuse Information Center
Sedlacek Chemical Dependency Unit
Foundation II
Carole Harder
Rachel MacKay
Grant Wood
Iowa Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
Rock Gallagher
Legislative Council
Moon Drawn Over United States Guides Night Sky Image
A description notes a moon drawing over the map of the United States where Las Vegas peeks from one edge and Philadelphia from the opposite side, imagining a celestial outline across the country.
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United States
Las Vegas
Philadelphia
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Gazette
East Germany
West Berlin
Cedar Gan
Masio
Marion
Herren
Jay Miller
Lowell Knauss
God
Elsie Nelson
Adv
Warner Brothers
Mt. Vernon Rd
Nero Richard Nanista
Electric Bass
Dale Cook
The
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Paramount Theatre
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Dows
Radio Shack
Dolby
Dolby Laboratories
Beece
Shack Batteries
USA
Canada
Westdale Mall
Tandy Corporation
16Th Ave
1St Ave
Ternoon Owa City
2Nd St
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