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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1982
Page
12
Indian Creek Nature Center staffer Debi Keller explains the life habits of the toad and other mosquito eaters during a Wild Animal Interview at the Center on Sunday July 18 at 2 p.m. The program is open to the public.
The Cedar Rapids Optimists Club expects up to 40 rafts Sunday for the High Noon Raft Race on the Cedar River. Defending champions include Dave Vaughn and Ed Brecht in men’s division and Cindy Vaughn and Rebecca Brecht in women’s, with $100 top prize and smaller awards for other categories. Entry is $10 per team member in advance or $12.50 day of, rafts available for purchase or rent, starting noon at Chain Lakes Bridge and finishing at Ellis Park Riverfront Pavilion.
The Iowa Conservation Commission notes good to excellent fishing across several rivers, lakes, and pools. Bluegill, catfish, crappie, walleye, bullhead, and bass show solid activity with conditions varying by location from Coralville to Guttenberg and Sabula areas.
Forest Craft Festival features wood crafts and forest life in Van Buren County. The two day event July 17 18 showcases crafts demonstrations lumber in trees crosscut buck saws steam powered sawmills firewood curing and wildlife tracking with radio devices plus woodland management sponsored by the Iowa Development and Conservation Commission and local residents.
Southeast Iowa Retrievers Club moved its July 11 trials to July 25 without a site yet. June trials at Otter Creek Marsh near Chelsea produced Open, Qualifying, Novice, Puppy and Derby results with winners including Deerer, Kuehl, Pease, Balzer, and Ties among others.
Six Cedar Rapids anglers trapped in a remote Canadian cabin fought off a 450 pound black bear that smashed the door and entered the cabin. After the bear was shot and killed, the group resumed fishing and returned with walleyes northerns and bass.
Two Cedar Rapids anglers, Roy Karen and Robert Dungan, hooked big walleyes on Gull Lake Minnesota using Lindy Spin Rig, minnows and leeches guided by Kevin Keep of Marv Keep's Nisswa Bait and Tackle. A Cedar County reader flags an earlier Cedar County parks misprint and clarifies Red Oak Park directions from Tipton.
James Shull of Blue Springs Missouri has been chosen Ducks Unlimited vice president for the West Central Mississippi Region and will supervise fundraising in Iowa Missouri and Illinois. DU sets a 1982 fundraising goal of 37 million dollars.
Linn County Izaak Walton League hosts a membership family picnic on Thursday July 15 at 6 p.m. with hot dogs lemonade and homemade ice cream. Remington releases a film Wildlife and the Farm about Canada geese at Remington Farms Maryland. Spirit Lake Clear Lake Storm Lake East and West Okoboji and Lake Rathbun maps available for $1. Prairie Rose State Park lake near Harlan now full after rains with bass catfish crappie and bluegill expected. boating swimming allowed.
On this date in 1962 the Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral Florida to relay television signals between the United States and Europe, marking a milestone in transatlantic communication.
Ed Cabor of Moline fired a .084-inch group in the light varmint class at the Izaak Walton Club range on Sunday June 27. B Stoltenberg topped the heavy varmint class with a .151 group. Winners include D Malone W Leer and Stoltenberg across light and heavy divisions as conditions were favorable per shoot manager Edward Evarda of 2406 Ellis Blvd NW.
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