Students showcase inventive projects across subjects
Hundreds of Iowa students from Wickham and Polk Elementary schools along with Heritage Christian and Strawberry Hill Elementary display integrated science, math, and language arts inventions. Madison Adams explains the Pine Needle Picker Upper, while Jamison Downing and Troy Meyer reveal Pacifier 2000. Ryann Pratt unveils Millennium Beanie Baby Holder, and Sarah Egli shows a Glow remoted Nerf Football for lazy couch use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Adams
Madison
Wickham
Iowa City
Jamison Downing
Troy Meyer
Polk
Cedar Rapids
Jamison
Sarah Egli
Sarah
Heritage Christian School
North Liberty
Ryann Pratt
Strawberry Hill Elementary
Anamosa
Ryann
Winners listed for Invent Iowa 2000 regional contest
Readable list shows fourth through eighth grade winners from Cedar Rapids and surrounding districts. Entries include names, schools, grades, and inventions with state contest qualification set for April 2 at the University of Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Memorial Union
Iowa City
Chase Ends As Man Hits Squad Car On 16 Mile Run
Ross Cashen led officers on a 16 mile high speed chase from Monona to Farmersburg and back. He bumped Deputy Mike Tschirgi three times and was eventually spun into a ditch. Tschirgi sprained an ankle. Cashen faces multiple charges and was freed on bond. Agencies involved included Monona Elkader police and the Iowa State Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona
Ross Cashen
Cashen
Clayton County
Mike Tschirgi
Burg
Tschirgi
Farmersburg
Highway 18
Tschir
Iowa City Linn County notices and public safety briefs
A dense local notice page lists Linn County meetings and public events from 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Cedar Rapids and surrounding towns, along with political calendar items and lectures. It also records charged drunken driving, assaults, sexual exploitation of a child, and domestic cases, plus mercy and St. Luke’s hospital birth announcements and Iowa Lottery results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Springville Community School Board
U.S
Jim Leach
Iowa
Central City City
Kristi A. Armstrong
Lisbon
First Avenue
T. Donahue
Pinewood Dr
Center Point Road
Danielle M. Hogan
13Th St
13Th Street
J. Knutson
18Th St
First Ave
Ryan P. Smith
C Ave
Burlington Street
Iowa City
Ann Hayes
Buckingham Dr
Dubuque
Market Streets
L. Mason
Sixth Ave
Burlington and
Capitol Streets
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Invent
Chuck Gustafson
Jessie Kray
Strawberry Hill
The
Shoe String Clippers
Tim Weideman
Lee Roe
Miles Weber
St. Patrick Catholic
Spritzer
Paige Beenen
Sarah van Cleve
Jackson
Amelia Kandel
Summit
Ben Ford
Erskine
Jennifer Hovda
Catie Baker
Pierce
Christofer Kitts
Pork
Molly McPartland
Johnson
Shannon VerWoert
Natalie Schnedoth
Pierce Elementary
Blaire Thorson
Clarissa Huilman
Franklin Middle
Nichole Beranek
Prairie View
Mallory Crull
Amanda Priske
Prairie Heights
Derek Kemble
David Droessler
Emma J. Hermiston
Nathan C. Beck
Shimek
Quentin Adams
Eva Adderly
Anna Gingerich
Hannah Ferguson
Courtney Lenane
Courtney Sobaski
Whitney Mohr
Kirkwood
Shane Nelson
Jake Steffen
Regina
Lauren Ruppert
Whitney Hoogerwerf
Courtney Fisher
Linn-Mar
Adam Craig
Bowman Woods
Spencer Stephens
Wilkins
Mid-Prairie
Patrick Hussey
Josh Evans
Kalona
Tinisha Herman Brooks
Josh and
Jared Adam
Wellman
Nathaniel Yoder
North Cedar
Jonathon Deerberg
Lowdon
Amelia Doermann
Jeremy Lawrence
North Cedar Middle
Olin Consolidated
Joel Ahrendsen
Side Hill
Jason Brown
Tipton
J Waterer
Alicia Meier
Washington
Jason Marner
Christopher Marner
Lincoln Elementary
C.J
Natasha Sheyko
Jessica Vaughan
Hoover Elementary
TJ. Middiemis-Brown
Matt McGuire
West Branch
Sarzette
Christopher Knapp
AM Rotary Club
Terri Dovico
DeGowin Blood Center
University of Iowa
Knapp
Masonic Temple
DeGowin
Daily Notebook
TELUS
Cityline
Linn County Meetings
Clayton County Board of Supervisors
Supervisors
Elkader
Manchester
Strawberry Point
BGM Community School Board
Brooklyn
Sue Roberts
Beems
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Rick Altman
Dudley Andrew
Iowa City Public Library
Gloria Steinem
Iowa Memorial Union
Christine
Ksenia Nosikova
Clapp
Grant Wood
Tom Milligan
Clear Creek Amana High School
Tiffin
Iowa Humanities Board
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Pam Trimpe
Mark Ginsberg
University of Iowa Museum of Art
Public Works Complex
Sixth St
the Gazette
Linn County
Rawson M. Behelli
21St St
Interstate 380
Boyson Road
Ernest L. Brown
K St
E Avenue NW
William J. Elsner
Cedarwood Rd
Mount Vernon Road
Lincoln Heights Drive
Jason J. Nielsen
Fourth Ave
Coralville
Third Avenue
Paulette E. Spencer
Willowridge Rd
Marion
Seventh Avenue
Robert W. Taylor
A Ave
H Avenue
Terry A. Thein
28Th Ave
Highway 13
Lisa R. Loeffler
15Th St
15Th
David A. Kemmerling
Larry A. Fossel
Pawnee Dr. NW
Priscilla Fossel
Stephen A. Gomez
Mount Vernon Rd
Maria Gomez
Christopher J. Wheeler
S. 11Th St
Amber Eberly
Daniel J. Sisco
Bobbi Hernandez
11Th Ave
Ronald D. Share
Boxwood Ln. NE
Gina Gifford
Edward R. Salter
Tara L. Griffith
Americus Dr. SE
M. Dirks
Ninth St. SE
Thomas Thompson
Ai’s
Red Frog
16Th Ave
Norman R. Roundy
E. Clark Sr
Hiawatha
Johnson County
Angela
Nick Nassif
Washington Ave
Jolynn
Mike Swartzendruber
Edgewood Lane
ST. Luke’s
Nicole Akery
Blairstown
Betsy
Patrick McMullen
Walker
Kerree
Greg Standley
Redbud Rane
Jennifer
Mark Hansen
Olin
Tracie
David Schmidt
C Ave. NE
Kim
Wayne Kelsey
Illinois
Illinois Lottery
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