Health education program preview for Cedar Rapids elementary students
A new health education program titled An Early Start to Good Health targets kindergar ten through third grade. Developed by the American Cancer Society with education specialists, the kit includes films, songs, records and activities for each grade.
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Cedar Rapids
American Cancer Society
Carolyn Rossie
Grant Wood Education Agency
Mildred Knappe
Linn County
Henrietta
Capt. Turnbull
Deadline set for Hawkeye Scout awards nominations
Hawkeye Area Boy Scout Council announces deadlines for two award programs. Thursday is the Silver Beaver nomination deadline. Friday marks the final day to apply for the Civic Days Program with Hanford American Legion Post. Recipients named at the March 11 Iowa City council dinner.
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Hawkeye Area
Boy Scout Council
Hanford American Legion Post
Hawkeye Council
Iowa City
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Bezanson Service Center
Collins Road
Did you know facts from 1914 to the present
A string of trivia covers passport photography lawsuits in 1914, the Amazon river network, rising median American ages toward 2000, eel migration patterns, 1975 passport usage to Europe, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge span and world ranking, choking as a leading accidental death cause.
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Staten Island
Brooklyn
N.Y
San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
United States
American Council of Life Insurance
Man prefers jail over fine for leashless dog in Tacoma
Howard Smith, 62, unemployed steelworker, says he would go to jail rather than pay a $5 fine for walking his little dog Muggs without a leash. He protests that authorities target small dogs while allowing larger ones to roam and disturb his yard.
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Tacoma
Wash
Howard Smith
Muggs
Smith
Coe College hosts 24 hour charity volleyball marathon
Coe College Lambda Chi Alpha plans a 24 hour volleyball marathon to raise funds for cystic fibrosis. The event runs 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday at Eby Fieldhouse with 45 fraternity members and six players per side. Donations collected via audience contributions and in-store canisters across Cedar Rapids.
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Coe College
Lambda Chi Alpha
Eby Fieldhouse
Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids
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Congress
John Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Secretary of
William Jennings Bryan
Amazon River
Federal Bureau of the Census
Europe
Census Bureau
Boris
Crosstown
Lindale
Killians
Kabrics
Killian
Killian’s
Lindale Plaza
Central Fire Station
1St ST. SE
Mimm’s
Killian's
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