Dirt business blooms in Iowa with potting soil startup
Dave Sickles, 38, left Arlington Heights Illinois to launch Beautiful Land Products in West Branch Iowa making three potting soil mixes. All-Purpose sells for 99 cents four quarts, African Violet mix 1.49, Pro-Grow 2.19. He runs mixer bagger delivery and sales solo while expanding from 14 to about 50 stores by spring.
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Dave Rasdal
Astern
Iowa
West Branch
Dave Sickles
Dave
Lake Mills
Davenport
Arlington Heights
Ill
Beautiful Land Products
Nichols
Illinois
Gazette
West
Scholarship honors slain Cedar Rapids officer Bret Sunner
Chris Callaway, Clear Lake High School senior and son of a local police officer, received a $1,000 college scholarship from the Bret Sunner Memorial Fund at commencement. The fund honors Cedar Rapids officer Bret Sunner who died in the line of duty on June 8, 1984, and gifts came from Cedar Rapids and other communities.
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Clear Lake
Bret Sunner
Cedar Rapids
Chris Callaway
Gene Callaway
Sunner
Gordon Sunner
Cherry Hill Park Meeting Set in Cedar Rapids Neighbors Invited
Cedar Rapids residents near Cherry Hill Park are invited to an informational meeting with city parks officials on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Coolidge Elementary School cafeteria. Parks Commissioner David Kra and a recreation department official will present a general design concept for the undeveloped park area and seek neighbor input on facilities.
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Cedar Rapids
Cherry Hill Park
Coolidge
David Kra
Kramer
Recreation Department
Cherry Hill
Dunn named recipient of Coe teaching award
Wendy Dunn associate professor of psychology at Coe College has won the 1986 Charles J. Lynch Outstanding Teacher Award. The $2,000 stipend honor, established in 1984 by Ruth McCutcheon, honors a Cedar Rapids attorney and longtime school trustee.
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Wendy Dunn
Coe College
Charles J. Lynch
Lynch
Ruth McCutcheon
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Doe
Area students graduate from Coe College in Cedar Rapids area
Cedar Rapids region figures among more than 200 graduates at Coe College May 25. Degree recipients earned B.A., B.M., or B.S.N. with numerous honors and listings by town including Center Point Hiawatha Marion Marengo Martello Vinton and many names such as Freida Aldrich Robert Baird Mark Jacobs and Cynthia Kersten Rowley.
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Cedar Rapids Area
Coe College
S. Ateareeee
Carol Barr
Russell Becker
Jeffery Beer
Dawn Baldwin Benson
B.S.N
Borowiak
Lucy Harrington
Bethany Hux
David Jandik
John Kehoe
Carmen Kinrade
Sherri Lakin
Tomi Landis
Melissa Larson
Janice McGinn
Judith McIntosh
Thomas Myers
Richard Palmer II
Randall Lynn Reece
John Robson
Randall Roeder
Rims Roof
Teresa Rops
Teri Rust
Steven Schmidt
Brenda Schulte
Jon Stahl
Linda Stoakes- Daseke
Amy Techau
Mary Valley
Martha Keyes
David Kurowski
Reid Netz
Deborah Bo and
Oliver
Julie Phillips
Christine Potter
Julie Smith
Jonathan Tanner
Matthew Vesey
B.A. Marengo
Randall McKean
Arnold Corne
Vinton
Cynthia Kersten-Rowley
Linda Lacey
Cedar Rapids AAUW selects new Cedar Rapids branch president
Gail Cooper-Evans of Marion is named president of the Cedar Rapids Area Branch AAUW for a two-year term starting July 1. Officers include Joy Hingtgen as program VP Jolene Whiting as secretary and Linda Wilkinson as treasurer, with Jan Moore-Ecker continuing as membership VP. The branch raised 1500 for the AAUW Educational Foundation and will name three local members Jan Moore-Ecker Betty Kosek Paula Pearson for their work.
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Gail Cooper-Evans
33Rd Ave
Marion
Cedar Rapids Area
American Association of University Women
Joy Hingtgen
Jolene Whiting
Cedar Rapids
Linda Wilkinson
Jan Moore-Ecker
Aauw Educational Foundation
Betty Kosek
Paula Pearson
AAUW
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Rasdal
Jean Gerig
University of Iowa
C.R
Rye “‘Nty
Mon
2Nd Ave
Arnold Pailmer
Cardigan
Robert Bruce
Dad
Dunn
Coe
Iowa State University
Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Random House Inc
Cooper-Evans
Aauw Group
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