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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1979
Page
9
Astronomy column encourages outdoor stargazing without stressing constellations. Editor J. Clayton Troeger notes Skylab danger, lists monthly sky events, Moon phases, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Virgo and Leo positions, and tips for binocular viewing and patience under dark skies.
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary offers free motorboat examinations at Ellis Boat Harbor Ramp today and Saturday June 30 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Inspections cover registration, PFDs, fire extinguishers, signaling devices, distress gear, paddles, bailer, anchor, and line. The event promotes Safe Boating Week with the theme Safe Boating Is Family Fun.
The Galena Ill tour of homes will be held Saturday and Sunday June 9 and 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Rain or shine. Five houses Spensley Wallace Graig Stone Pottery Bertrand will be shown with bus service and museum admission included. Tickets cost 5 dollars for adults 2.50 for students. Galena is about 86 miles from Cedar Rapids and 16 miles southeast of Dubuque on Highway 20.
About 45 to 50 Cedar Rapids youths are expected to compete in the Parking Lot Rally on Collins Road NE. Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby Association chaired by Al Snodgrass the event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with top six trophies in junior and senior divisions.
Hawkeye Bicycle Association hosts spring sprints for men and women in classes A B and C. Class A 25.6 miles, class B 12.8 miles through Shueyville on Sunday June 3 at 2 pm from Bever Park Pavilion. Class C starts noon for a 26 mile route via Ely.
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