Teen inventor seeks partners for five patent ideas
Sam Sheronick, 19, a Coe College sophomore, has five ideas filed with the U S Patent Office and seeks manufacturers to produce them and share patent rights. His projects include an acoustic car shell, a pocket sized pacemaker power aid, a national health information system, a utility bill courier service, and the Spar 500 electronic punching training device.
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Sam Sheronick
U.S. Patent Office
Sheronick
Coe College
Jefferson High School
Jefferson High
Jefferson
van Dyke’s
Naser Payvandi
Snow fort built to outlast winter in Ray Cortez yard
Ray Cortez builds an eight inch thick ice fort in his yard between two houses to shelter his family. The igloo like structure features a working chimney, shelves, plastic window coverings, a foam insulated floor and a heater. Kids Monique and Jodelle helped with Gordon Barger's children and adoption brood joining in for the project.
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Ray Cortez
Cedar Rapids
Monique
Jodelle
Ray
Gordon Barger
Gordon
Barger
Travis
Jonah
Bargers
Molly
Mandy
Cortezes
Michael
Joey
Lawmaker urges overhaul of Iowa Board of Regents
Senate education expert Sen. Joe Brown calls to scrap the nine member Iowa Board of Regents and replace it with a five member full time board to tighten oversight of the University of Iowa Iowa State University University of Northern Iowa Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School. He says the current panel protects programs and lacks budget control. R. Wayne Richey counters that such a change would politicize governance and erode academic freedom.
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DES Moines
Iowa Board of Regents
Joe Brown
D-Montezuma
Brown
Senate Education Committee
Board of Regents
University of Iowa
University of Northern Iowa
Iowa State University
Iowa School For the Deaf
Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School
Iowa Public Television
Iowa
R. Wayne Richey
Regents
Richey
Iowa Caucus Debate Entries Open for 1986 Event
The sixth annual Iowa Caucus debate contest runs Jan 24 26 at Washington High School and Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel. George Washington Debate Society and Merchants National Bank sponsor the event open to high school students in oratory and elementary to high school students in art and junior high students in poetry. Entry blanks available from Washington High School.
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George Washington Debate Society
Merchants National Bank
Washington High School
Stouffer’s
Five Seasons Hotel
Linn County and area meetings and art exhibit notice
Today schedule lists Linn County supervisors work session at Administrative Office Building at 9 am and Veterans Affairs at 3 30 pm in Health Center Building. Marion Park Board meets at 4 30 pm to discuss pool plaques. Ely City Council workshop at 7 pm on budget. Fairfax Library Board meets at 7 pm. Carlos Lovera-Davis photography exhibit runs at Cedar Rapids Marion Arts Council chamber through Jan 31 with public reception 4 30 to 6 30. Exhibit hours 8 am to 5 pm weekdays. Theater movie times on page 12A.
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Linn County Supervisors
Marion Park Board
New Pool
Parks Department
Carlos Lovera-Davis
Chamber of Commerce
First Ave
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hintz Named Coordinator for Kids in Trouble Group
Bob Hintz, outreach coordinator at Foundation 2 shelter and former college instructor with a sociology doctorate, is named coordinator of the KIT group for PIN members. The Toughlove based Parents in Need group meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. at the LDS church on 1500 Flairs Ferry Rd in Hiawatha. Contact 369-9208 for more details.
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Bob Hintz
Kids In Trouble Group
Hintz
Foundation 2 Shelter
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Flairs Ferry Rd
Hiawatha
Mason officers to be installed by Fidelitas Lodge No 364
Fidelitas Masonic Lodge No 364 of Fairfax will install officers at 7 30 p m on Wednesday at the Fairfax Masonic Hall Dennis Wiley of Palo will serve as master Kenneth Shaull of Cedar Rapids as senior warden Joe Buresh of Fairfax as junior warden Morris Anderson of Cedar Rapids as secretary and Orrie Waychoff of Fairfax as ES Meror
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Fidelitas Masonic Lodge No. 364
Fairfax
Fairfax Masonic Hall
Dennis Wiley
Palo
Kenneth Shaull
Cedar Rapids
Joe Buresh
Morris Anderson
Orrie Waychoff
ES Meror
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Dave Rasdal
Mr. Sun
Center Point Road
Mary
Alaska
Dave Rascal
Linn County Commission of Veterans Affairs
Ely City Council
Ely Community Center
Fairfax Library Board
Fairfax Library
Theater Times
Mason Officers
Young Kennedys
David W. Johnson
D.C
Anurecay
Johnson Chiropractic Center
21St Ave
Westdale Mall
Hearing Aid Center
Iowa Theatre
MOWA
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