Fireworks fading in America says Mount Vernon Sun editor
SARA GAARDE, editor of the weekly Mount Vernon Sun, argues the Fourth of July fireworks custom is dying as audiences favor spectacular video displays at movies and on TV. She notes growing indifference to fireworks and asserts the trend reflects a broader shift in American celebration style. The piece references changing tastes over the weekend.
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Sara Gaarde
Mount Vernon Sun
America
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Decorah Nordic Fest marks 15th anniversary with special stamps
The Nordic Fest celebrates 15 years with a cachet envelope and special postmark issued at a lobby postal station July 24 to 26. Grant Waldrum designed the medal, Donalee Burns drew the postmark, and four flower stamps rose camellia dahlia or lilly may be used. Prices range from 50 cents per envelope to 2 dollars for a four-stamp set, with variants available. Orders sent to Oneota Stamp Club, P O Box 27 Decorah 52101.
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Waukon Weather Record Warps In Last Week’s Heat
Dick Schilling in And Then I Wrote notes Waukon’s temperature recorder went berserk last week. It began with a six then wandered through the usual sequence to end with eighty six. He jokes the device was ashamed or apologetic about the heat.
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Decorah Journal
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T.N. Fosse
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Keckers
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Schilling
Murphy's laws listed by Carl Hogendorn in North English Record
North English Record columnist Carl Hogendorn shares a trio of Murphy's laws. The first cautions against arguing with a fool as onlookers may misjudge. The second notes that sales appear after purchase. The third advises making doubts sound convincing.
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Carl Hogendorn
North English Record
Deaf children's parents workshop in Council Bluffs
A workshop for parents of hearing impaired children will be held August 27 on the campus of the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. Twenty families from across the state will be selected based on their child’s type of hearing problem. The Iowa Department of Public Instruction and the Iowa School for the Deaf coordinate, with costs paid for by the workshop.
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Iowa School For the Deaf
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
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