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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 2006
Page
17
A Global Day of Prayer service will follow today's Kernels game at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The game starts at 2 p.m. and the service will begin about 45 minutes later. Representatives from India China Mexico Australia and Nigeria will join in the service.
John Fisher, 70, of 1434 Center Point Rd NE, was robbed at knifepoint in his doorway around 9:30 a.m. Saturday after a suspect knocked on several doors. Fisher suffered minor scrapes, and the assailant, described as a light-skinned Black or Hispanic man in his 20s, fled on a bicycle.
Colin D. Walter of Ames, 22, faces a felony charge of possession with intent to deliver after police found 41 pounds of marijuana in his car during a 1 a.m. Oct. 18 traffic stop at 1000 Barrington Rd. Walter's court date is set for Jan. 4.
Johnson County sheriff seeks the owner of a tan or yellow Labrador retriever believed to have bitten a person at West Overlook Beach, Coralville Reservoir, at 6 p.m. Friday. Call (319) 356-6020 with any information.
Johnson County Historical Society will display a handcart diorama funded by a $12 000 Eagle Scout project with Utah based Mormon Historic Sites Foundation support. Megan Fuja great great grandfather John Watkins was a bugle player in the Mormon Trek of 1846 47 and Iowa City’s Handcart Park widens the local link to the past on the 150th anniversary of the trek departure. Fuja chairs the Handcart Commemoration Committee seeking to revive the site near Hawk Eye Court on the west side of the University of Iowa campus. The project aims to open in September and reflect the community’s historical memory.
The Mormon Handcart commemoration begins Friday at 7:30 a.m. with opening ceremonies in Park and runs through Sunday June 11. Activities include a Handcart Trek Symposium at the Iowa Memorial Union, a Handcart Pioneer Festival, a commemorative program, an interfaith devotional, and a closing ceremony with tickets required at Hander Auditorium. Further details at handcart pioneer.com.
Kelli O'Hara earns one of nine nominations for the Broadway revival of The Pajama Game, a Cedar Rapids backed show. A Cedar Rapids delegation promoted the city during Memorial Day weekend in New York and showcased the Kernels cap gifted to O'Hara.
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