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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 2008
Page
27
The author notes wedding fever among relatives with two weddings close together this summer. Families coordinate venues, DJs and photographers while balance of joy and stress colors bridal planning and prompts readers to relate to the busy season.
State and federal courts will be closed Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day. Also closed are the Post Office and the Iowa Workforce Development Center. Linn County offices and Cedar Rapids and Marion offices will be open Monday.
Red Cross offers free Disaster College classes at 6300 Rockwell Dr NE Cedar Rapids with three sessions and two casework dates. Fulfilling Our Mission on March 4 covers serving disaster victims. Community Services Overview on March 11 outlines relief operations. Client Case work on March 18 and 25 is mandatory for volunteers. Call Grant Wood Area Chapter at 319 393 3500 for details.
United Way of Eastern Iowa and the Rotary Club of Cedar Rapids honor 19 students for leadership, non-violence commitment, academics, and attendance. Profiles include Beth Carver, Jalisa Coleman, Rebecca Eileen, Iman Koshmola, Carol Malerich, Micha Mims, Hannah Rochford, Bethany Schumacher, Rachel Smith, Alison Speltz, and others from Prairie, Kennedy, Linn-Mar, Franklin, Excelsior, Washington, Regis, Metro, and Marion schools.
Cathy Johnson chairs the Hawkeye Hikers a branch of the American Volkssport Association which runs five year roundWalking events across Eastern Iowa in Iowa City Bundled West Branch Mount Vernon and Amana Public walkers join free while many register for awards A 6.2 mile route per event with maps and instructions record books cost 5 dollars and 3 dollars credit fee final certificates awarded after milestones including 10 events or 100 kilometers
A free workshop titled Your Lucky American Childhood will be held Saturday January 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Paul Engle Center Cedar Rapids. Jane Nesmith Coe College professor and freelance writer leads the session with space limited to 40 participants.
Sunday Arts & Entertainment writer Eric Clark outlines Paul Engle memoir A Lucky American Childhood. The Linn Area Reads program includes four community events with Nesmith aiding memory sparks and writing, plus a Gazette discussion on life stories at 7 p.m. January 29 in Cedar Rapids Public Library with Mark Stoffer Hunter Loren Glass and Bill Shuttleworth.
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