Cedar Rapids teachers lead nine day Quetico canoe expedition
Gary Lindsay and Gary Goldstein, Cedar Rapids educators, lead a nine day environmental expedition to Quetico Provincial Park in Canada for 285, open to enthusiasts 17 and older. The program offers four college credits from Kirkwood and focuses on wilderness skills, map and compass work, and nature study amid northern Minnesota and Ontario terrain.
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Williams Lake
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Gary Lindsay
Marion
Gary Goldstein
Forest Drive
Quetico Provincial Park
Canada
Superior National Forest
Minn
Lindsay
Kirkwood Community College
Kennedy High School
Goldstein
Kennedy
Metro Hgh School
Gary
Iowa
Ontario
Quetico
Bird hike at Indian Creek Nature Center led by Pete Wickham
An early Bird hike at Indian Creek Nature Center 6665 Otis Road SE runs from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday June 23. Local birder Pete Wickham 2201 Fifth Ave SE will lead the event. Admission is 50 cents for members and 1 for non members.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Otis Road
Rich Patterson
Pete Wickham
Fifth Ave
Cross country cyclist Mark Janeba heads to Cedar Rapids
Mark Janeba rides from the West Coast on a cross country trip to Cedar Rapids visiting relatives. He left June 6, plans to travel north to Oregon then east to Minnesota before returning home for summer. He graduates from California Lutheran College with summa cum laude math honors and will teach and study at UC Santa Barbara this fall.
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Clarence S. Janebas
Cedar Rapids
Torrance
Calif
West Coast
Janeba
Oregon
Minnesota
California Lutheran College
Thousand Oaks
University of California, Santa Barbara
New Mid-America Center Museum Opens in Hot Springs
Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas debuts the five million dollar Mid-America Center Museum. The exhibits explore life energy matter and regional history. For details contact Mid-America Center Box 1540 Hot Springs National Park Ark.
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Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Mid-America Center
Box 1540
Ark
Comedy Classics to Head Free Films in the Park Series
The first outdoor film show was rained out but the free Films in the Park program at Bever Park moves ahead Tuesday at 9 p.m. with Comedy Classics featuring Laurel and Hardy Chaplin and W C Fields plus a Mr Magoo cartoon. A decision on weather cancellations will be made by 8 p.m. Doris Wilcox notes if a brief shower passes. Also planned are two weekly children's programs including a downtown library film series and preschool story hours led by Kathy Novy with Junior League support.
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Noelridge
Laurel and Hardy
Charlie Chaplin
W.C. Fields
Doris Wilcox
Kenwood
Kathy Novy
Bikers Plan Overnight Ride Across Several Towns
Hawkeye Bicycle Association schedules a 70 mile overnighter starting at Bever Park at 7 a.m. today. Riders head through Mount Vernon Lisbon Tipton to Toronto where they camp at Walnut Grove and return Sunday afternoon. On July 24 the club departs Bever Park at 9 a.m. for a potluck at Wapsipinicon State Park Anamosa.
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Hawkeye Bicycle Association
Bever Park
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Tipton
Toronto
Walnut Grove
Wapsipinicon
Anamosa
Great Iowa Canoe Race Planned July Fourth
Sponsors expect about 100 canoes in the four mile Great Iowa Canoe Race on the Des Moines River from Bentonsport to Bonaparte on July 4 starting at 4 p.m. Prizes total 210 with 100 to winner, 50 to runner up, 30 for second runner up and 20 for fourth. Registration is 10 and handled through Deliverance Canoe Service or Bonaparte.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Pioneer Village
Bentonsport
Bonaparte
Deliverance Canoe Service
P.O. Box
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Quetico Park
Chris Williams
Hiawatha
Glenn Reif
Jerrilyn Ferre
Ron Feltes
June Rice
Bill Ongie
Kris Latare
Ferre
Williams
Mark Janeba
Country
Hot Springs Park
Highway 79
Ea Bracee
Dad
Baylor
Zales
American Express
VISA
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