Fortunes of War Take Me To Jumer's Castle Lodge
A humorous Iowa City column recounts canceled Masters golf, a castle lodge stay in Betendorf, and the author's reluctant luxury. The narrator navigates a moat hotel with a Mercedes showing off wealth, a canopy bed, Bavarian maids, and a hidden color TV while his wife coos at the pampered scene.
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Iowa City
Castle Lodge
Bettendorf
Lodge
Betty
England
Japan
Anamosa to Repair 88-Year-Old Wapsipinicon Bridge
The 170-foot bridge jointly owned by Anamosa city and Jones County, long closed to motor traffic, will be repaired for foot and bicycle use. City council approved 3430 for the project with volunteer labor aiding costs, as the structure deteriorates near the dam on the Wapsipinicon river.
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Anamosa
Jones County Board of Supervisors
John Dirks
Richard Teebee
Larry Farrington
Mike Brewer
Mildred Brown
Earl Beisel
Wapsie
U.S
Iowa
Buffalo Creek
Riverside Cemetery
Dubuque
Iowa City
Congress
Frink and Walker
Milwaukee Bridge Co
Wapsipinicon State Park
Wapsipinicon
Eastern Iowa Events Calendar insertions for Gazette state desk
A compiled schedule listing July through September events across eastern Iowa. Dates cover fairs rodeos art shows parades concerts and contests in Oxford Junction Central City Clinton Waukon Marengo and Cedar Rapids area including Legion events, county fairs, horse shows, stock car and tractor pulls, and the Iowa State Fair with numerous venues and venue-specific times.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
American Legion Post
Legion Park
Oxford Junction
Central City Fairground
Waukon
Onslow Men's Community Club
Iowa Junior Repertory
Clinton
Old Creamery Theatre
Allamakee County
Freegate
Coggon Harvest Home
Marion
Legion Auxiliary
Abbey Creek
Linn County
Postville Commercial Club
Dreamland
St. Paul's Church
Worthington
Lindale Plaza
Cedar Rapids
Abbey Creek School Museum
Creative Artists
Crescent Street
Lamont
Robert Sullivan
Lisbon
Highway 30
State Ayrshire
Louis Zumbach
Coggon
Monticello
Delaware County Fair
Manchester
Morley
Scottland Farms
Vinton
County Home Road
Fun Festival in Keota Promises Parades and Contests
Keota hosts a sixteenth annual horse show at 6 30 p m at the high school field on July 12 with a parade starting at 10 a m featuring five contest divisions including decorated vehicles costumes and floats. A park barbecue runs from 11 a m and a cow chip throwing contest is at 1 p m. The Jaycees sponsor slow pitch and softball with eight area teams. events last through Sunday.
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Fairfax Legion
Hawkeye Downs
Watkins
Central City
Monticello Fairground
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Keota
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By Ford Clark
Castle
Regensburger Goulasch
Anamosa Bridge
Wapsipinicon River
Ohion Bridge Co
New City
New York
Ohio
Tom Merryman
Marengo
Keokuk County
Shellsburg Lions Club
Jones County
Olin Park
Cedar Rapids Skyhawks Radio Control
Hawkeye Appaloosa Club
Coral Jubilee
S.T. Morrison Park
Coralville
Seminole Valley Park
Cedar
Hopkinton Lions Club
Veterans Memorial Tennis Center
American Legion
Decorah
Cedar County Historical Society
Tipton State Bank
Grant Wood Memorial Park
Millersburg
Cedar County
Wakema Park
Center Point
Tipton
Des Moines
Clutter
Elkader Rotary Club
Elkader Sweetcorn
Central Plains
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Monticello Federated Garden Club
Benton City Lodge
Shellsburg
American Rose Society Judges
Iowa Hall
Kirkwood Community College
Springville Jaycees
Fairview
Leo Knipper
Sacred Heart Gregor Hall
Squaw Pies Stables
Cedar Rapids Horseman’s Club
North Linn Saddle Club
Trophy Acres
Wellman
Wellman Recreation Center
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