German language students travel from Amana to Cedar Rapids
Special to The Gazette Mrs Trude Bauman teaches Beginning German IV at Washington High School drawing learners from Amana Colonies Iowa City Belle Plaine Stanwood and other Eastern Iowa communities The mix includes factory workers housewives doctors lawyers engineers nurses retirees and young students The class once included Collins Radio technicians seeking a foreign language requirement for University of Iowa doctoral studies.
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Cedar Rapids
Trude Bauman
Iowa City
Belle Plaine
Stanwood
University of Iowa
Night School German Teacher Deepens Local Ties
Mrs Bauman teaches night German at Washington High School and Kirkwood Community College, drawing on 23 years in Cedar Rapids schools and theater work. Her class blends grammar with cultural insights while students form social bonds, though dropout rates rise early. Her husband Archie leads Cedar Rapids art projects as the family resides at 2434 E Ave NE.
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Bauman
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Coe College
Archie
E Ave
Washington High School
Iowa
Optacon aids blind students read in mainstream classrooms
Lynn Berger and Kane Brolin, blind students at Northwest Junior High in Coralville and Taft Junior High in Cedar Rapids, use the Optacon to read printed text. The device translates printed letters into tactile sensations, offering independent access to books, recipes, mail, and more though Braille remains faster for some tasks.
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Lynn Berger
Kane Brolin
Berger
Northwest Junior High School
Coralville
Brolin
Taft Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Optacon
Kane
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Karol Griffin
Sara Crick
Terry Mammel
GWAEA
Major Amateur Radio License Tests Held at Kirkwood
About 175 people attended the FCC examination in Iowa Hall at Kirkwood Community College. The Cedar Valley Radio Club sponsored the session, marking a high turnout for the Chicago FCC office. A follow up test is planned in Cedar Rapids during the October 1979 Midwest ARRL Convention. Don Meyer took the advanced class test.
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Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Federal Communications Commission
Cedar Valley Radio Club
Des Moines
Rock Island
Chicago
FCC
Cedar Rapids
Midwest
American Radio Relay League
Don Meyer
Red Fox Road
Evening automotive electricity class opens at Kirkwood
Kirkwood Community College will accept more students in an evening automotive electricity class starting March 7. The course targets workers in auto trades and runs Tuesday and Thursday 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Linn Hall room 125. Tuition is 118.10 dollars including a textbook and manual. Registration occurs Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in Linn Hall room 125.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Linn Hall
Kirkwood Spring Quarter Registration Schedule
Registration for Kirkwood spring quarter runs Wednesday to Friday in Linn Hall. Evening vocational and arts and sciences classes have separate sessions. Final arts and sciences registration is Friday morning and afternoon. Spring quarter ends June 2.
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Linn Hall
Kirkwood
Program for women Tuesday at Kirkwood College
An informational program for women is scheduled at Kirkwood Community College Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the west dining room of Iowa Hall. Faculty and staff will discuss career training arts and sciences and counseling for adult women. About 25 attended a similar session Wednesday due to weather.
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Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood
West
Portia Pittman Washington Daughter of Booker T. Washington Dies
Portia Washington Pittman died Sunday at her Washington home at age 94. She was the daughter of Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and will be buried beside her father at Tuskegee Institute.
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Washington
Portia Washington Pittman
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
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