Livestock Show Sparks All Iowa Fair Week Activity
At the All Iowa Fair the west end livestock shows draw about 375 exhibitors who travel from farms to display sheep dairy cows beef cattle and hogs. Jenny Olson the only remaining show participant in her family will compete in five more shows this summer. Exhibitors weigh wash groom and prepare animals for judging with careful beauty-parlor like prep before Angus judging. Farmers share tips help neighbors and treat the fair as a mix of advertising and hobby while rain concerns loom over crops. Senior Citizens Day also highlights the event with hundreds attending an afternoon program and honors for the oldest attendees and longest-married couple.
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Richard Olson
Fairfax
Olson
Shirley
Doug
Jenny
Paul
Cindy Wendt
Buckingham
Wendt
Delbert Krug
Atkins
Krug
Linn County Park
Dan Klimesh Wins Cedar Rapids Yo-Yo Championship
Dan Klimesh, 14, won the Cedar Rapids city yo-yo title and state championship after finishing third last year. He qualified for the national finals by winning city and state, with regional finals to come. Jill Plank tutored him and judged the contest at Veteran's Coliseum.
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Veteran's Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
City of
Cedar Rap
Dan Klimesh
James Klimesh
Mallory St
Dan
Chicago
Duncan
the Gazette
Jill Plank
Duncan Yo-Yos
Plank
California
Polk student wins honorable mention in national art contest
Julie K. Moses, 11, a sixth grader at Polk Elementary, earned honorable mention in a national art contest sponsored by the Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles. Her piece titled What I Like Best About My Home Town was judged for originality and merit by Patrick Rowan of the University of Nebraska. Winning works will be shown at the Grand Aerie convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie K. Moses
Polk Elementary
Grand Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles
Patrick Rowan
University of Nebraska
Salt Lake City
Utah
Saturday Lineup at Local Fair Shows Full Schedule
Readable schedule lists events for Saturday including Simmental judging at the Livestock Arena at 10 a.m. the Carnival opens at noon and Music by The Memories at 12. Junior Pony Show at 1. Demolition Derby at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Quassars High Wire acts at 1:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in Mall Area.
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Simmental Judging
the Memories
Family Living Center
Quassars High
The
Memories
Memories Mall
Quassars High Wire Act — Mall
Anderson Gains in Gazette Straw Poll at Alltown Fair
In a long running straw poll at the Alltown Fair, John Anderson moved within 33 votes of frontrunner Ronald Reagan with 60 votes on Thursday bringing his six day total to 777. Reagan added 45 votes for a six day total of 10 Anderson trailed Reagan but led Carter Kennedy and Clark in the presidential sweepstakes. Democratic congressional candidates gained momentum with 93 votes while Republicans recorded 74, giving Democrats 1 211 and Republicans 928 in six days. Libertarian candidates also appeared with three votes in Congress and three for Senator Hengerer.
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John Anderson
The
Gazette
Alltowa Fair
Ronald Reagan
California
Anderson
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Edward Kennedy
Ed Clark
Califor
Nia
John Culver
U.S. Senate
Charles Grassley
Culver
Grassley
U.S
Robert Hengerer
Davenport
Congress
Cullor murder trial moved to Linn County
Charles Darwin Cullor of St Anthony gains a venue change for his Aug 11 first degree murder trial from Tama County to Linn County. He is charged with killing his estranged wife Linda and two friends in Tama apartment on Easter Sunday. Prosecutors are Tama County Attorney Jeffrey Corratt and Iowa Assistant Attorney General Ed Blando.
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Toledo
Charles Darwin Cullor
St. Anthony
Robert Osmundsen
Cullor
Tama County
Linn County
Linda
Mark A. Curtis
Roseann Curtis
Jeffrey Corratt
Iowa
Ed Blando
Cedar Rapids
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Rural
Angus
Er’s Park Palace
Gus Fiehlier
Mount Vernon Nursing Home
Lucy M. Stick
North
Ids Recreation Commission
Lombard
Ill
John McIvor
Home Entertainment Center
Polk
Marie
Marie Swab
March of Dimes
United Way
Saint Lukes Hospital
Ginsberg Jewelers
WMT Radio
Ginsberg Jews
Grandstand
Lourdes
France
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Westdale Mall
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