Lincoln Highway Faces Last Ditch Preservation Bid
National Park Service mounts eleventh hour effort to save remnants of Lincoln Highway once Highway 30 in eastern Iowa. Feb. 23 features include Mount Vernon to Cedar Rapids resurfacing with Seedling Mile, and local historian Lyell Henry notes rapid loss of original road segments and 50 barns photographed by Michael Harker fading to wrecking ball.
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National Park Service
Iowa
Iowa City
Lyell Henry
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Michael Harker
Harker
Farm Security Administration
Grace as a Gift and Duty in Faithful Action
The Rev Betty Hanna Witherspoon and Rabbi Mark Levine discuss grace as an undeserved gift from God. They note believers see luck as divine blessing yet stress responding with compassion by helping others and spreading grace through acts of loving kindness.
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Betty Hannae Witherspoon
Ebenezer Ame
Kansas City
Christ Jesus
Mark H. Levin
Congregation Beth Torah
Overland Park
Kan
God
Pope may revise rules for successor election
Vatican spokesman says Benedict XVI is considering a motu proprio to clarify conclave timing and other issues. The pope will leave office Feb. 28, potentially speeding up the election after 15 to 20 days, with Cardinals arriving in Rome possibly earlier than listed.
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Vatican City
Benedict XVI
Vatican
Federico Lombardi
Benedict
Lombardi
Ambrogio Piazzoni
Rome
Lenten Easter Musical Meditations and Religious Events Calendar
A calendar of religious events in Iowa including noon Lenten Meditations at Congregational United Church of Christ Iowa City with varied organist lineups through March 20 and an Easter Week recital, Purim observances at Chabad House, several Forum talks in Cedar Rapids, Vatican II lecture, interdenominational Lent series at Prairiewoods, World Day of Prayer events, and community meals.
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Cedar Rapids
Greene's Opera House
Marguerite Wright
Mat and
Jeff
The
Majestic
Congregational United Church of Christ
N. Clinton
Iowa City
Kurt Juhl
Marcia Fuller
Hal Ide
Richard Gloss
Marie von Behren
Patrick Budelier
Chad Fothergill
Richard Bloesch
T. Andrew Hicks
Chabad House
Jefferson St
Persia
Haman
Chabad
First Presbyterian Church
Fifth St. SE
Chirantan Ghosh
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
Lyndhurst Dr
Hiawatha
Massimo Faggioli
Catholic Sisters of
Upper Mississippi Valley
P.m
Hickok Hall
Coe College
First Ave
Children of Abraham
Tom Cape
Fred Shaheen
Brian Daugherty
Prairiewoods
E. Boyson Rd
Baha’i Information Center
New Horizons United Methodist Church
Coralville
Church Women United
Johnson County
Marsha Gerot
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Third Ave
Eagle Scouts Shane Lockhart and Kyle Scheer Earn Eagles
Shane Lockhart 18, Jefferson High senior of Troop 24 receives his Eagle in a Court of Honor at St Marks United Methodist Church. He earned the Arrow of Light and 26 merit badges and led a project painting Ushers Ferry General Store with 21 volunteers. Kyle Scheer 14, Kenendy High freshman of Troop 766 earns Eagle in Feb. He earned Arrow of Light and 27 merit badges and organized a Taylor Elementary outdoor fitness playground with 37 volunteers over 291 hours.
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Shane Lockhart
Pam Lockhart
Cedar Rapids
Bob Lockhart
St. Marks United Methodist Church
Johnson Ave
Kyle
Kennedy High School
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church
Arrow of Light
Taylor Elementary School
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Clayton County
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Thailand
Germany
Stars and Stripes
Marion
W.J. Pentz
President Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Washington D.C
107Th Pennsylvania
Pentz
Capitol
Booth
Washington City
Lincoln
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Tama
Voices OF Faith
Faith & Values
Alvise Armellini
TheGazette.com
Prairiewoods.org
Hope Lutheran Church
Bowling St
Eagle Scouts
C.R
Kyle Scheer
Wendi Scheer
Jim Garrett
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