Rural water system expansion eyed for Atkins area
Poweshiek Rural Water Association plans a three phase expansion to extend service into parts of Benton and Linn counties with phase one adding 429 potential customers around Atkins. The project would draw Cedar Rapids water via a 14 inch main, fund 40 year USDA loan, and require customer hookups and surveys before January 31.
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Allan Soelter
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Magic Bus lights up Cedar Rapids stage in lively live show
Diana Nollen reviews The Magic School Bus Live in Cedar Rapids where Ms Frizzle guides a classroom through a bright idea about light. Cast members perform song and dance as kids Arnold Carlos Wanda Keesha and Dorothy Ann participate and learn.
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Gang
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Carlos
Wanda
Keesha
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Family 480 Acre Iowa Farm Faces Hog Industry Shifts
The Lux family farms 480 acres of corn and soybeans while raising about 3,000 hogs annually and feeding 150 cattle. Hog prices rose to 65-67 cents in 1987 88 but later fell, prompting farm consolidation and more off farm work. They worry about hog factories and packer incentives for large producers as pork struggles reflect broader industry changes.
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Luxes
Vince
Dave
Joyce
Hamalot
Shear
Iowa scholars publish Iowa's Black Legacy book
UNI professor Charline Barnes and alum Floyd Bumpers published Iowa's Black Legacy, a 128 page history featuring photographs and oral histories from Ames, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Davenport, Des Moines, Fort Dodge, Iowa City, Sioux City and Waterloo. Arcadia Publishing released it in its Black America Series and it is sold at Barnes & Noble Cedar Rapids. Barnes plans a teachers curriculum guide to use the book for reading and writing instruction.
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Iowa
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Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Davenport
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Sioux City
Waterloo
Arcadia Publishing
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
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