WinterFest events span morning to fireworks display
WinterFest runs today from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Skywalk Golf with a $5 entry and tee-time reservations at 389-5673. A seniors dance is 1 to 3 p.m. at Witwer Senior Center, call 398-3636 for details. The 5 to 7 p.m. kickoff is at Wyndham Five Seasons Hotel Front Street Lounge with free admission. 6 to 8 p.m. families swim and play games at the YMCA, sign up via Kathy Lamb at 366-6421. The night ends with an 8 p.m. 25 minute WinterFest Fireworks over May's Island, free.
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Diane Moore
Wyndham Five Seasons
Front Street
YMCA
Kathy Lamb
Cedar Rapids Man Endures Ruckus On Flight From Stockholm
Cedar Rapids resident Tom Ecker recounted a chaotic American Airlines flight from Stockholm to Chicago where a middle aged couple smoked, got intoxicated, beat on items, and an arm biting incident led to four people restraining the woman. The plane diverted to Montreal where police took the pair into custody before the flight continued to Chicago.
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Ecker
Montreal
Sweden
Miami
Chicago
United
Star Wars trilogy returns to theaters this year
Fans in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City react as The Empire Strikes Back reenters cinemas in a special edition run. George Lucas plans new prequels, with Empire on Feb 21 and Return of the Jedi on March 7. Carmike Cinema 7 and Campus Theatres showings amid renewed fan enthusiasm.
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Cedar Rapids
Carmike Cinema
Iowa City
Lucas
Whiting testifies in murder trial in Iowa City
Velma Whiting wept as she told jurors she caused the 6 month old’s death while denying intent to hurt. An eight woman and four man jury starts deliberations at 9 a.m. in Johnson County District Court.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Johnson County
Iowa City
Velma Whiting
Whiting
Richard Klausner
Klausner
Iowa City woman faces involuntary manslaughter charge in baby death
Prosecutor says Whiting, 42, violently struck her crying infant Shauna Patrick, who died May 30 from fatal abdominal hemorrhaging. Closing argument claims the acts were conscious and deliberate, not accidental, in a case of child endangerment and reckless conduct.
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Whiting
Shauna Patrick
Anne Lahey
Lahey
Iowa City
Benton district drivers seek camaraderie over coffee
In Blairstown and nearby towns Benton Community bus drivers gather midweek for a breakfast in the Blairstown Cafe. Bruce Towe and colleagues share stories of weather, traffic, and unruly students while appreciating the breaks and bonds built from years on the road.
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Bruce Towe
Norway
Benton
Bruce
Ralph Bridgewater
Ralph
Macy Ann
Benton Community Schools
Paul
Bob
Dazette
Dave Rasdal
Benton Community School
Bob Ohlen
Ed Kimm
Paul McMann
Wilbert Maas
Kimm
Towe
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