Midwest Living Readers Name Their Favorite Midwest Things
Des Moines based Midwest Living surveys readers across the region. They name Wisconsin best state for vacations and Wisconsin scenic highways while praising Chicago and St. Louis campuses as top spots.
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Midwest Living
Des Moines
Iowa
New York City
Midwest
United States
Wisconsin
Brown County
Ind
Marriott
Gurnee
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island
Mich
Door County
Wise
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Pike's Peak State Park
McGregor
L.A. Law
McDonald's
Ponderosa
Tony’s
Apple
Hardee's
Chicago
Missouri Ozarks
Wrigley Field
Historian Records Black Builders of Civilization
Editor notes a Gazette feature by Lisa Ann Williamson on Blacks in History. It chronicles Carter G. Woodson born 1875 in Virginia, who mined coal to fund education, earned a Harvard history PhD, taught in the Philippines, and founded The Journal of Negro History and The Associated Publishers.
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Gazette
Lisa Ann Williamson
Carter Godwin Woodson
The
Associated Publishers
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Woodson
University of Chicago
Harvard
Phillipines
Woodson and Black History Week Highlighted in History
Carter G. Woodson founded Black History Week and co authored The Negro In Our History with Charles H. Wesley in 1922. His work sought to emphasize the contributions of Black people to civilization. The Chicago Public Library named a Woodson branch and the Carter G. Woodson Library maintains a vast Midwest collection of Black periodicals and files.
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Association For the Study of the
Washington, D.C
Woodson
Charles H. Wesley
Chicago Public Library System
Carter G. Woodson
Midwest
Albertville Minnesota hosts quirky local Winter Olympics
In Albertville Minnesota a small town hosts a tongue in cheek winter games event replacing official Olympics with pool, dart and hot dog eating contests. Marv and Renee Vetsch promote the festival from their bar printing posters and selling Albertville Bar in 92 sweatshirts.
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Albertville, Minn
Marv
Renee Vetsch
Albertville
Wetsch’s
International Olympic Committee
Vetschs
Vetsch
Antibodies Tied to Increased Stroke Risk
In Phoenix researchers identify renegade antibodies directed against phospholipids as a major underlying cause of strokes. They may trigger about 10 percent of seizures in the United States, with stroke ranking as the nation’s third leading killer, claiming about 145000 American lives yearly.
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Phoenix
United States
McGregor Chamber Launches Fund Drive for Erin Bolduan
The McGregor Chamber of Commerce has started a fund drive for 12 year old Erin Bolduan who has Hurler's syndrome. The Gazette notes a misspelling in a Saturday story and invites complaints about accuracy fairness and completeness of reports. Call 398-8313.
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McGregor Chamber of Commerce
Erin Bolduan
the Gazette
Theater and Open House Listings Across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
A round of theater showings across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City includes Wait Until Dark at Theatre Cedar Rapids 2:30 p.m. with $9 tickets, Two Rooms at Riverside Theatre 2 p.m. with varied pricing, and A Chorus Line at Hancher Auditorium with $35.50 and $32.50 tickets and a student discount. Open House of Cedar Rapids Historical Committee Archives runs 2 to 4 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Public Works building. An Animal Rights Forum II features Wayne Pacelle at Indian Creek Nature Center 2 p.m., with member free and non-member $2.50. Music events include Jazz by the Akilah Blakwomyn Trio Plus at U of I Museum of Art 2 p.m., a Grinnell College faculty recital at 2 p.m., and the Waverly Consort concert at UNI Cedar Falls 8 p.m. Also Evensong at Trinity Episcopal Church in Iowa City 3:30 p.m. with a free-will offering for Area Council on Child Abuse and Neglect. Sycamore Iowa City Boat Display by G.S. Marine Inc. is noted, and CITYLINE provides more calendar info.
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Riverside Theatre
N. Gilbert St
Iowa City
Hancher Auditorium
U of
Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Rd
Wayne Pacelle
Fund For Animals
Nature Center
Akilah Blakwomyn
Sculpture Court
U of I Museum of Art
Rebecca Stuhr-Rommereim
John Stuhr-Rommereim
Herrick Chapel
Grinnell College
Waverly
Russell Hall
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
Christopher Colum
Trinity Episcopal Church
E. College St
Gerald Near
Benjamin Britten
Area Council On Child Abuse and Neglect
Local government schedules fill Linn County week
A dense week of meetings across Linn County includes the Board of Supervisors and Commission of Veterans Affairs on Monday, city councils in Cedar Rapids and Marion, and school boards in Linn-Mar and College Community, with budget workshops and hearings throughout Tuesday to Thursday.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Commission of Veterans Affairs
Witwer
Second Ave
Linn-Mar School Board
Marion Independent School Board
N. 10Th St
Marion
Coggon City Council
City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Marion City Council
College Community School District
Prairie High School
Fairfax City Council
Linn County Mechanical Board of Examiners & Appeals
Third St
Linn County Emergency Planning Committee
Cedar Rapids Central
Fairfax Library Board
Fairfax Library
Council
The Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink
The Gazette details sustainable printing using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It lists drop locations for recycling at City Carton, econofoods, and Hy-Vee stores in Cedar Rapids area and notes steady publication since 1883. It provides subscription rates and mailing details for Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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the Gazette
The
Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Seventh Ave
Marion
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