Buffalo Bill Theme Tops City Playground Program
The Winning of the West playground theme highlights weekly events across Cedar Rapids with Buffalo Bill as a noted figure. Weekly schedules include goofy relays, limbo contests, scavenger hunts, bubble gum hunts, mock track meets, toy and water contests, and sports days at multiple parks. Major events include Frisbee and pop championships at Veterans Memorial plaza and state meets, plus many New Year and Christmas in July activities in Tot Lots continuing through the week.
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Buffalo Bill
William Cody
Fillmore
Cleveland Park
Noelridge
Pierce and Hayes
Taylor
Harrison
Madison
Bowman Woods
Johnson
Polk
van Buren
Lincolnway
Kenwood
Erskine
Jones
Garfield
Fillmore Playground
Northview
Wright
Redmond
Lincoln
Pierce and
Nixon
Roosevelt
Apache
Jacelyn
Daniels and
Eisenhower
Monroe
Jones and Erskine
Anderson, Grant, Coolidge
Cherry Hill
Coolidge
Redmond and
Jocelyn
Anderson and
Grant
Pierce and Nixon
The Humane Way to Board Your Pet at Kennels
A guide from the Linn County Humane Society outlining how to choose a good boarding kennel. It covers cleanliness, outside runs, daily exercise, ventilation, staff reliability, and safety features. It also advises verifying vaccines, emergency plans, and written care instructions, with tips to arrange ahead during peak travel times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lance Casey
Linn County Humane Society
Hilton
Moravian Nobles Found in Nechvalin Grave Skeletal Treasures
In Nechvalin, Czech graves hold skeletons of Moravian nobility with swords and gold and silver earrings. Char on coins placed in mouths suggest elite status in the Ninth century Great Moravian empire. The find confirms upper class burial practices in what is now south-central Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Nechvalin
Charon
Styx
Acheron
Czechoslovakia
Junk Week Plan At Ambroz Recreation Center
Ambroz Recreation Center at 2000 Mt. Vernon Road SE designates Junk Week with daily themes. Monday crafts use bottle caps. Tuesday field trip to city dump requires parent permission. Wednesday Off Beat Talent Show. Thursday salvage-yard trip 1 to 4 pm. Friday egg decorating craft and scavenger hunt. Center hours 9 am to noon and 1 to 5 pm. Contact 398-5165.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambroz Recreation Center
Bers
Ambroz_ Recreation
Mt. Vernon Road
13 Women Officers at St. Prison
Chicago’s Metropolitan Correction Center hires 13 women among 84 officers exceeding a 10 percent female quota set by the Bureau of Prisons. Warden Nelson notes inmates respond favorably, saying female staff create a more normal environment. Comedian Red Skelton is 63 today.
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Chicago
UPI
Metropolitan Correction Center
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Chicago MCC
San Diego
New York City
Oxford
Wis
Springfield
William R. Nelson
Radar Unit Locations by District This Week
Radar units will be checked periodically the week of July 18 to 24 in multiple areas. Northeast area includes First and A avenues and Center Point road. Northwest covers Johnson and B avenues Ellis boulevard and Edgewood road. Southwest lists Wilson avenue C First and Mallory streets. Southeast includes Seventh and Eighth streets Bever and Second avenues and Country Club parkway.
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Center Point Road
Johnson and B
Ellis Boulevard
Edgewood Road
Wilson Avenue
Mallory
Bever
Second
Country Club Parkway
Free children's films at Cedar Rapids Public Library
Sixteen color 16 mm films based on children's books are now available to organizations at no charge through the Cedar Rapids Public Library. They range from six to eleven minutes and target preschool through third grade audiences. An exception is Curious George Rides a Bicycle for older children. The films are from Weston Woods Film Co and funded by a community welfare group. A projector can be borrowed, with a $5 projector-use fee. Inquiries go to the audio visual department at 398-5128.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Doris Wilcox
Petunia
Wynken
Blynken
Ned
Weston Woods Film Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alandale
Grant Wood
Arthur
Twin Pines
Pierce
Hayes
Ing
Taylor and Apache
Winnie
Pooh
Safety Town
Safety Education Bureau
The
Police Department
Kingston Stadium
P.m. Erskine
A.m. Daniels
A.m. Anderson
A.m. Noelridge
A.m. Lincolnway
Bever Park
Bever Pool
van Vechten Park
Oker
Crowley- Klopp
Merchants Oy
Plan City Dump
St. Prison
Red Skelton
William Lyon Phelps
Karastan
Aldon
World
Mohawk
Wanda Were
Armstrong
Bigelow
Gold Coast
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