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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 2008
Page
23
A foster family nears the 180 day threshold to petition for adoption set for February 13. They describe legal limits on medical and school sign offs and the relief of finally controlling their children's care after finalization.
The Buchanan County Historical Society held its annual meeting at the Falcon Center in Independence. Leanne Harrison was elected president with Wanda Goins as vice president, Anita Miller as secretary, and Lynn Beier as treasurer. Holdover directors include Mike Cook Lamont Norma Gates Independence Herb Jones Jesup and Tony Bengston rural Independence. new members Cheryl Hand Independence and Judy Scott Independence join the board.
Vinton Benton County Empowerment presents a free workshop on Understanding Your Child's Temperament at the Vinton Palace Theater on February 23. Brenda Nixon will speak, a CD and handouts provided, lunch served, registration and free child care available, deadline February 15.
Thirteen hundred clay creations packed into boxes arrive for display in a professional setting. Coe College art professor John Beckelman notes the exhibit started 20 years ago and has become a lasting tradition inspired by his son Tyler.
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum in West Branch hosts a new exhibit honoring James Van Allen timed with Explorer I's 50th anniversary. Curator Marcus Eckhardt notes the display, featuring Explorer I and III payloads, a 1950s rockoon, Hawkeye satellite artifacts, and Van Allen's papers from Johns Hopkins and the University of Iowa collections. The exhibit runs through March 23 with daily hours 9 am to 5 pm near Exit 254 on I 80.
Cedar Rapids remembers Ortha Harstad 82 who died January 15 from pancreatic cancer. A longtime volunteer and board member for the African American Museum and its endowment, she also served The Carl and Mary Koehler History Center since 2001 and Theatre Cedar Rapids. Harstad fostered history and equality, traveling with her husband and guiding local cultural groups.
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