Scout motto saved him in Christmas blizzard ordeal
David Christopher Christopherson 22 survived 31 hours trapped in a car during a Christmas Eve blizzard in northern Iowa. He used his Boy Scout training to stay prepared as temperatures plunged to 24 below zero with 50 mph winds. He sheltered in his car with a sleeping bag and clothing layers, woke to a snowplow clearing a drift on Christmas Day.
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Rockford
Iowa
Christopherson
Howard and
Dixie Christopherson
Mason City
Highway 18
SWAT Team Pushes Positive Attitude at Central School
In Clear Lake Iowa Central School counselors Paul Charest and Mike Kremer lead a Monday morning SWAT group for fourth through sixth graders. The Students With Academic Trouble aim to curb apathy by including an outsider’s perspective to stress the value of schooling.
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Clear Lake
Iowa
Central School
Paul Charest
Mike Kremer
Mom
SWAT
Charest
City Briefs and Ads Preview New Year Activities
Ted A Harris M D opens gynecology infertility and obstetrics practice January 2 at 119 3rd Street NE Cedar Rapids hospitals. Mercy Care North lists hours New Year’s Eve Day. Includes St Patrick School games Farmers State Bank closures and other local notices. Father dies Richard Russell 57 Coggan daughter Marilyn Aden of Coggan. Services planned near Fairfield Iowa.
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Ted A. Harris
3Rd Street N.E
Mercy Care
Collins Road
N.E
Richard D. Russell
Marilyn Aden of Coggan
Baton Rouge
Salina Presbyterian Church
Fairfield
Iowa
Iowa City Theater Times Listings
The Iowa City listings show showings for Astro Yents To Be or Not To Be Uncommon Valor Christine Two of a Kind Scarface Sudden Impact across venues including Campus Cinema I II III Englrt with times ranging from early afternoon to late evening.
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Englert
Man and grandson clear sidewalk in Mount Vernon Road area
Al Alt of Mount Vernon Road SE cleaned the sidewalk in front of his house Sunday with help from his grandson Dennis Alt nine of Des Moines indicating a family effort to maintain the sidewalk.
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al Alt
Mount Vernon Road
Dennis Alt
Des Moines
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Gazette
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Siegel’s
3Rd Ave
Pierson’s Florist
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First Ave
Friendsmobile
Tiny Tots
E Ave
Commonwealth
Second Ave
Bethany Lutheran
Forest Drive
Cedar Valley
Cottage Grove
Marion
Hiawatha
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Iowa City Theater Times
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