Flag Day Concert By VFW Post In Cedar Rapids
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 788 will hold a public concert honoring Flag Day at 7 30 tonight in Greene Square Park. The VFW Band led by Verne Josifek performs annually for Veterans Day and Memorial Day and is one of Cedar Rapids oldest musical groups. The VFW Color Guard will also participate.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 788
Greene Square Park
VFW
Verne Josifek
Cedar Rapids
VFW Color Guard
Marion district seeks ash free track cinders source
Marion Independent School District seeks cinders free from clinkers and fly ash for track use. Residents urged the board to redo cost estimates for track and lighting projects, with former members Richard Rice and Randy Mahurin suggesting volunteer help to reduce costs. No objectors appeared at the public meeting.
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Marion Independent
Richard Rice
Randy Mahurin
Arson charge filed against Des Moines man in Cedar Rapids
Ronald Ralph Brooker, 31, of Des Moines, was arrested after allegedly locking his ex wife out of her home and setting fire to more than 300 dollars worth of clothing. He faces third degree arson charges as sheriff reports detail the incident reported by Charlene Brooker of 1107 Wilder Drive SE.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Ralph Brooker
Brooker
Charlene Brooker
Wilder Drive
The Cedar Rapids Gazette Address and Charges
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists its office on Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa and provides subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery including weekly and 80 week terms. It notes U.S. territories mail rates and AP news usage rights for republication.
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Third Ave
Rapids
Iowa
Joss
Cedarapids
Ediwane
Oiner
U.S. Territories
Gompontso
Tee
Gazette Ac
Gazette
Associated Press
Republica
Miss Kitty Blake attends charity horse show in Cedar Rapids
Actress Milburn Stone of Gunsmoke is remembered by Miss Kitty Amanda Blake during a charity event in Cedar Rapids. Blake, in town for the show, notes Stone’s long partnership on Gunsmoke and says proceeds from the event go to the American Cancer Society. Blake plans a memorial in California after Cedar Rapids.
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Amanda Blake
Miss Kitty
Dodge City
Blake
Milburn Stone
Stone
Cedar Rapids
California
Cancer Society
Phoenix
Ariz
Kenya
Matt Dillon
James Arness
Matt
Hawkeye Downs
American Cancer Society
The
Linn-Mar may add 360000 Novak school expansion
Linn-Mar school board tentatively approved a 360000 addition to Novak school to house a media center art room band rooms and practice spaces and to improve handicapped access. The project would draw from the schoolhouse fund and may delay Bowman Woods roof work while bids are sought. A 7879.68 special education assessment from Grant Wood AEA prompted questions about running a district program in house.
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Novak School
Linn Mar
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Special Education Pool
Novak
Olson
Linn-Mar
Glen Easterday
Lumir Dostal
Harold Hulleman
Grant Wood Agency
Marion IMPACT reviews new flag and community plans
Marion IMPACT committee previewed a new flag designed by Leann Simmons and sewn by Iva Hess. The banner features a white field with red blue and yellow accents and a prominent M, to be shown at the council meeting and available at the Fair in the Square July 17 18 and 19. Volunteers will survey resident views on growth while plans progress for elderly housing and possible police station sites.
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Marion
Impact Committee
Leann Simmons
Lth
Iva Hess
Impact
Draper
Linn-Mar
Marion Independent
Jeff Schott
First Avenue
11Th Street
Oak Village
Grand Avenue
S. 15Th Street
Crestview Nursing
Byrne wins four year Quaker Scholarship for Terry Byrne
Marion briefs note Terry Byrne son of Daniel and Mary Byrne of 2900 19th Ave will receive a four year Quaker Scholarship funded by the Quaker Oats Foundation for children of Quaker employees who excel on the National Merit Scholarship test. He will attend the University of Iowa. A dumpster fire occurred at 3575 Seventh Avenue at 6 52 p m Thursday.
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Terry F. Byrne
Daniel M. Byrne
19Th Ave
Quaker Oats Foundation
Test
Elder Byrne
Quaker’s Foods Division
Cedar Rapids
Terry Byrne
University of Iowa
Seventh Avenue
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Tennessee
Brushy Mountain
Zodac Construction
YMCA
Kathy Hanson
Daisy Roehr
Betty Spearman
Tom Singer
John Fowler
Singer
Food Service
Henry Witwer
Witwer Insurance
Milburn
Gunsmoke
Myron Floren
Rotary Club
Nancy Stevens
Scott Olson
Bowman Woods
DPI
Virgil Kellogg
Wari
Janet Jones
Free Lance
Ira Hess
Paul Draper
Mary Ann McComas
Home
Doctors
31St Street
Eighth Avenue
First National Bank
Barlow's
Zobac Construction Co
Westdale
Highway 149
Edgewood Road
Johnson Avenue
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