Winners Named in Freedom Festival Parade Honors
The Freedom Festival Parade crowned Bayou City Blues of Houston and Nite Express Drum and Bugle Corps of Cedar Rapids as Best Band. Cox Cable won Best Use of Theme, St Lukes Clown Connection took Humorous Use of Theme, and Civil War earned Best Costume with floats led by Czech Heritage Factory Card Outlet and Adoptive Parents. El Kahir Shrine Arabian horses won Best Animals.
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Bayou City Blues
Houston
Nite Express
Cedar Rapids
Cox Cable
St. Lukes Clown Connection
el Kahir Shrine
Linn County Discovery lists clubs and groups for newcomers
The Gazette seeks updated entry details for its annual Linn and Johnson counties Discovery section to help newcomers. Submit a brief group description meeting times contact person name and phone number by July 22 to Discovery The Gazette Cedar Rapids.
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Linn
Johnson Counties
Discovery
the Gazette
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Mitchell brothers honored for Cedar Rapids apartment fire heroism
Joe Mitchell 18 and Johnathan 16 of Washington High School received Cedar Rapids Fire Department heroism awards for sprinting into a smoke filled three story building at 1578 Second Ave SE on May 20 to rescue strangers. The brothers acted without hesitation as a fatal blaze endangered residents. The city lauds their off field heroics alongside their football prospects.
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Cedar Rapids
Christy Jackson
Marion
Fox Meadow Drive
Joe Mitchell
Johnathan
City of
Mitchell Brothers of Washington High School
Mitchells
Joe
Second Ave. SE
Exposing a death camp for Gypsies in Czech lands
Spillville researcher Paul Polansky uncovered documentation of a Gypsy extermination camp at Lety from 1940 to 1943 run by Czechs. He estimates 4,000 Gypsies died there and 4,000 more were sent to Auschwitz, making the site now a pig farm that conceals mass graves. Polansky calls for a memorial to honor the victims and preserve history.
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Spillville
Paul Polansky
Mason City
Polansky
Czech Republic
Lety
Auschwitz
Polan
Heat shelters gear up as Cedar Rapids Iowa City brace for heat
With a heat index of 90 to 105 degrees expected, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City open shelters to relieve those without air conditioning. Witwer Senior Center, Salvation Army, and Ambroz Recreation Center in Cedar Rapids along with Iowa City Salvation Army Community Center provide cooling spaces and refreshments. A new overnight shelter may open in Linn County when heat stress warrants.
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Gazette News
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Witwer
Salvation Army
C Ave
Ambroz Recreation Center
Mount Vernon Rd
Highland Ave
Miriam Miller
Linn County
Donna Lee Olson
Grant Wood Area
The
Red Cross
Olson
Iowa
Harry Hillaker
National Weather Service
Hillaker
Devonian Fossil Gorge Opens as Classroom for Cedar Rapids Students
Cedar Rapids Grant Wood Elementary pupils visited the Devonian Fossil Gorge near the Coralville Dam, a site opened after 1993 floods exposed limestone bedrock. About 65 students collected debris, learned fossil basics, and watched a flood video at the park center while park staff noted ongoing visitor growth and cleanup needs.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Oralville Lake
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Fossil Gorge
Coralville Dam
Emily Clark
Grant Wood
Nature
Iowa City
Bryan Aull
Kylee Erenberger
Debbie
Greg Erenberger
Coralville Lake
Scott Ford
Gazette
Abby Seyfer
Greg and
Jenny Seyfer
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East Iow Journal
C.R. Brothers
Rick Smith
Dear Hayden
By Sarah Strandberg
Prague
Poland
Austria
Slovak Republic
Hungary
By Loren Keiler
P.m
C.R
Mary Kopecky
Park Ranger
Ford
Kopecky
Fossil
Corps of Engineers
Ken Krizan
Wayne Bowman
Bonnie Love
Coralville
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