Senior Citizens Day celebra tion in Volga City honors Floyd the chicken cook
Floyd Thompson 64, chief chicken cook, presides over 200 plus chickens on a hot BBQ pit during Volga City fifth annual Senior Citizens Day a 400 guest turnout last year. Lyle Meisner hosts with Kay as Floyd oversees sauce and skewers while aging residents recall decades of cheer and a 1979 origin.
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Volga City
L.d.’S
Floyd Thompson
Floyd
Lyle Meisner
Kay
Elwood Dutka
Elwood
Colonel Sanders
Clayton
Fayette County
Lyle
Joe Hurley
Volga Legion
Walter Long
Strawberry Point
Shirley
Shirley West
St. Olaf
Carl Glass
Zita Humbert
Zita
St. Louis “Cardinals
Icelandic saga of gold ring ends in North Carolina man’s return
Timothy Sale, a Reynolds Tobacco warehouser, lost his gold wedding ring last November in Winston-Salem. It reappeared in January inside a 20-foot container en route to overseas. Icelandic investigators opened the container and found the ring three quarters of the way through. Sale was sent the ring by registered mail.
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Winston-Salem, N.C
Timothy Sale
Iceland
Sale
Reynolds Tobacco
Students explore Japanese language with Coe College drill
A Cedar Rapids gifted program brings six junior and senior high students to Coe College for an eight-session Japanese language and culture course led by Robert Drexler. They practice naming objects and nationalities in Japanese while learning about writing systems and pronunciation.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Robert Drexler
Coe
Hickok Hall
Drexler
McDonald’s
Japan
Tom Pearson
Chestnut Valley Road
Taft Junior High
Jeff Janda
Clive Drive
Jefferson
Kim Hagist
Center St. NE
Franklin Junior High
Tony Dellos
Meadowlark Lane
Nicole Page
Alma Drive
Wyoming hearing set on 250000 revenue bond loan
A public hearing is scheduled tonight at 7 at Wyoming City Hall on a 250000 industrial revenue bond loan for Big Bill's Inc. to expand its Wyoming operations with a 10000 square foot office warehouse, remodel of a warehouse into a dry blend plant, and a truck scale. Big Bill's operates in Onslow, Monticello and Lowden.
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Gazette
Jones-Cedar Bureau
Wyoming
Wyoming Fertilizer Company
Big Bill’s Inc
Big Bill's
Big Bill’s
Onslow
Monticello
Lowden
Monticello Fun Day With Canoe Races Planned
The Monticello Athletic Booster Club hosts a family fun day at Walnut Acres Campground north of Monticello on Sunday July 24 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Events include canoe races at 9 a.m. with a $5 registration, horseshoes, kids games, tug-of-war, volleyball, live music, pedal tractor pull, bratwurst and beer at noon, aided by a $1 car donation. Proceeds go to the booster club. For details contact Mike Dirks at 465-5585.
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Monticello
Walnut Acres
Mike Dirks
Booster Club
Canoe trip planned on Wapsipinicon River by Sierra Club
The Wapsi Cedar Unit of the Sierra Club schedules a canoe trip from Stone City to Newport Bridge in Jones County on Saturday July 16. Participants should bring lunch and meet at 8 a.m. at the Stone City Canoe Rental base. Call Joe Beach at 395-7550 for details.
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Sierra Club
Wapsipinicon River
Stone City
Newport Bridge
Jones County
Joe Beach
Blood Drive Saturday At Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids hospitals St. Luke's and Mercy join a Saturday blood drive at Westdale Mall on the lower level. Volunteers screen donors ages 17 to 65 to ensure safety before giving blood at the mall. Last year the event drew over 100 donors.
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Cedar Rapids
Westdale Mall
St. Luke’s and
Mercy
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