Parade Countdown Emerges for Annual Children’s Playground
Major focus this week on planning and building floats and costumes for the Annual Children's Playground Parade. Prep youngsters ages 5 and 6 will join older siblings, with permission fliers sent to Prep parents. Parades run in the last week. Sports Festival Championships begin at Arthur playground Thursday at 1 pm and Cleveland Elementary Friday at 1 pm with registration at 12:30 pm.
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Arthur Playground
Cleveland Elementary School
Dear Genie Editor's Note Details Iowa Genealogy Inquiries
The Linn County Heritage Society invites Iowa related questions for its Dear Genie column. Readers should mail concise inquiries to Dear Genie, P O Box 175 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 with names and addresses for direct replies. Next meeting is July 26 at 9 30 a m in the Cedar Rapids Public Library Heritage Room with a report on Salt Lake City genealogical research.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Joseph Hall
Montreal
Canada
Mary
Margaret
Evelyn Beadle
Gateway St
Henry Buchanan
Barnett, Vt
Cedar County
James
William Mason
Jackomeyer Baldwin
Vermont
Ralph Gaul
Tipton
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Genealogical Research Center
Salt Lake City
Cedar Rapids adjusts to higher thermostats citywide
Cedar Rapids area businesses and restaurants report mixed reactions as a federal rule requires thermostats to 78 degrees in most businesses. Office workers adapt fastest while some customers complain at restaurants and venues with sun exposure or older cooling systems.
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Cedar Rapidians
the Gazette
Iowa
Higley
Helen Patrick
IE Tower
Kenneth Magina
Dows
James Matejka
George Erzinger
Lauer
Boar
Robert Rasmussen
Jimmy Carter
Rasmussen
Bishop
John Stufflebeam
Don Shaheen
Heavier Men Now Than 20 Years Ago Across Ages
The American Council of Life Insurance reports men in their 20s weigh three to seventeen pounds more than in 1959. Those in their 30s are two to eight pounds heavier and men aged 40 to 49 are up to six pounds heavier.
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Washington
American Council of Life Insurance
Council
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Tammy Palumbo
Veterans Memorial Plaza
Patty O'Neill
Lenora Estella Phelps
Willard Lavinus Phelps Sr
Waverly, Iowa
Lavinus Phelps
Mary Aldridge Phelps
Lenora
Christenson
Dean Horner
Blackstone Ave
Sioux City
John
Nancy Long
Lisbon
Kansas
Idaho
Caroline White Long
South English
Nancy
Delila Chintaffer Kelsey
Wilma Williams
Salmon
Lois Cowdy Harden
Plainsville
Kan
Charles S. Cowdy
Melbourne
Charlotte Asenth Kerr
Firstview
Colo
Charles
James Riley Cowdy
Springfield
Ohio
Sophronia Smith
West Liberty
Newton
James S. Cowdy
Jacqueline Cowdy Harden
129Th St
Renton
Wash
Spillville
Antonin Dvorak
Dvorak
Calmar
Rudolf Firkusny
Nathaniel Rosen
Great River Symphony
Luther College
Decorah
Great River Symphony Orchestra
C.R
Nancy Stevens
Willis Schnell
Merchants National Bank
Schnell
Jim Kuchenbaker
Life Investors
Kuchenbaker
Killian’s Board
Richard Scherling
Killian’s
United States
Scherling
Armstrong’s
Chuck Gardner
Gardner
Seifert’s
Happy Joe’s Pizza
Ed Thayer
Thayer
Mimm’s
Chuck Lauer
Longbranch
Kevin Vandewall
Vandewall
Department of Energy
Carter
Oakland Rd
Ee Ie Daniels WE
Sundraj Nesbit
Texas
RUSCO
33Rd Ave
Furniture & Appliance
Balko’s Furniture & Appliance
Halk Ubs
Ae Ra
Hammond Avenue
Waterloo
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