Cedar Rapids Calendar Showcases Flea Market and Museum Talks
The Cedar Rapids area offers a flea market at Hawkeye Downs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. adults pay 2 dollars while children under 12 enter free. The museum hosts Roman Glass at 1 p.m. and an archaeology talk at 6:30 p.m. Admission details and contact information are listed.
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Hawkeye Downs
Sixth St
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Museum
James Kennedy Public Library
Dyersville
Bear Creek
Scandinavian Symphony at Cedar Rapids with Pandolfi
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra presents Scandinavian Symphony at Paramount Theatre 8 p.m. with pianist Thomas Pandolfi. Tickets range 16 to 40 dollars for adults and 5 to 15 for students and children.
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Cedar Rapids
Paramount Theatre
Third Ave
Thomas Pandolfi
Crsymphony.org
U.S. Cellular Center
First Ave
Hunter Fuerste
American Vintage Orchestra
Uiowa
Hancher
Clapp
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Artsiowa
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
Decorah
Kennedy High
Kennedy High School
Weing Rd
Winter Gardening Fair at Kirkwood Cedar Rapids
Outdoors event features classes and workshops at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids. Registration information given with a contact number and website. Also mentions Winter Bird Banding at Wickiup Hill Outdoor Learning Center near Todd with a calendar reference.
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Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Wickiup Hill
Todd
The Great Jones County Fair Rail Trips and Town Fame
The article recalls special trains from Marion, Oxford Junction and Dyersville to the fair, with unloading two blocks from the grounds. It notes Monticello’s longtime forester JJ Bill Corbin, who has lived in the same house for 77 years, as part of a local history vignette.
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Marion
Oxford Junction
Dyersville
Fairgrounds
Pittsburgh
Bill Corbin
Monticello
Monticello Iowa History—Named for Jefferson Home and Warvel Roots
Monticello in Jones County grew from Varvels Place to Varvels Town before voters chose Monticello as the name. Early settlers Daniel Varvel and William Clark arrived in 1836, with Germans English Swiss and Scots among the first residents. The Military Road linked Dubuque and Iowa City, and the town was surveyed in 1853 with early commerce and a large hotel.
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Highway 151
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Thomas Jefferson
Daniel Warvel
William Clark
Varvel
Kitty Creek
Monticello
Gus Norlin
Time Limited Grants Offered by United Way of EC Iowa
United Way of East Central Iowa announces Time Limited Grants aimed at health and human service programs in Benton Cedar Jones Linn and Washington counties. Letters of intent are due by noon Feb 2 and eligibility requires 501c3 status bylaws articles of incorporation and measurable objectives.
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Cedar Rapids
United Way of
East Central
Iowa
Time Limited
Benton
Cedar
Jones, Linn
Washington
United Way
Nicole Beaman
Nbeaman
Uweci.org
Survivor of Khmer Rouge Finds Purpose in Public Education
Chivy Sok of Iowa City, project director for the Child Labor Research Initiative, credits surviving the Killing Fields and cancer with shaping her career and commitment to social justice. She names Eleanor Roosevelt, Mother Teresa, and Frederick Douglass as three historical figures she'd meet.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Mother Teresa
Frederick Douglass
Chivy Sok
Iowa City
University of Iowa Center For Human Rights
Battambang
Cambodia
University of California, Santa
Brian Ray
the Gazette
Zoe Grueskin
Hoover Elementary School
Sok
Marlene Johnson
Hoover
Penn State University
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OUT & About
Ushers Ferry Parlour
Ushers Ferry Historic Village
Seminole Valley Park
Younkers
Washington High Drama
Washington High School
Forest Dr. SE
Sylvia
Riverside Theatre
N. Gilbert St
Edward Albee
Riversidetheatre.org
Iowa City Community Theatre
Exhibition Hall
Johnson County Fairgrounds
Icctheatre.com
Duane Crock
Ronticel
Women’s Foundation
Coralville
Iowa Women’s Foundation
Gold Room
Oakdale Hall
Oakdale
Turner
Iawf.org
Iawft
United Nations
Douglass
Ann Jaur
Egui
Shirley Ruedy
Shirley
Ruedy
Gazettecommunications.com
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