Ramblin with Rascals in a Brooklyn Treehouse
A narrator revisits a three sided treehouse 514 miles north of Brooklyn with 11 year old twins Blake and Clay Korns. They share hobbies read trumpet French horn football and Bible school crafts while pets and homemade toys dot the yard. The piece contrasts adult weariness with childlike play offering reflections on growing up and returning to a simpler world.
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Rooklyn
Blake
Clay Korns
Clay
Thomas Wolfe
Brooklyn
Linda Korns
Elijah
Family suites allow fathers to stay with newborns at Mercy Hospital
Lena and Jim Sedlacek and their daughter Amanda became the first occupants of Mercy Hospital’s new family suite designed for rooming in. The $195-per-day unit includes a queen bed, crib, adjoining dining area, bath and closets to share meals and bonding time with baby and mother.
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Marion
Mercy Hospital
Lena
Jim Sedlacek
Amanda
Diane Gardner
Ted Harris
St. Luke's Hospital
Jim
Lena Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Volunteer tutors and helpers needed in Kirkwood programs
Multiple local groups seek volunteers for English tutoring refugees and teen mothers MyM facilitators, summer school aides for learning disabled students, Big Brothers Big Sisters relocation drive, Red Cross CPR instructors, Visiting Nurse Association elder care companions, and foster care review board volunteers. Training provided, several contact numbers listed.
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Kirkwood
Pearl Mirich
Meld
Sue Kegel
Mercy Hospital
Taylor School
Connie Haigh
Big Brothers
Big Sisters
10Th Ave
Dale
Red Cross
K.T
Gerald
Visiting Nurse Association
Nancy Hansen
Joan Vagts
Foster Care Review Board
Lucas
Des Moines
Pankey announces run for city parks commissioner
Richard Pankey 36, former Usher's Ferry Pioneer Village director, will seek nomination for city parks commissioner. He lists parks, golf, recreation as key to Cedar Rapids development. He will file papers at City Hall as Elmer Delaney weighs re election. Pankey holds degrees from Kirkwood and University of Iowa. He and wife Heidi have two children. In 1940 France asked Germany for surrender terms.
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Richard Pankey
Usher's Ferry Pioneer Village
Pankey
Hollywood Blvd
City Hall
Elmer Delaney
Cedar Rapids
Pioneer Village
Kirkwood Community College
University of Iowa
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Downtown
Kiwanis Club
Five Seasons Toastmasters Club
Iowa Park and Recreation Association
Indian Creek
Harding Junior High School
Heidi
Melissa
Phillip
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Rascal
Mom
Wyoming
Dave Rasdal
Iawa
Daddy
Mercy
David W. Johnson
D.C
Johnson Chiropractic Center
21St Avenue
Westdale Mall
France
Germany
Isash
Ettes
Louisville
Continental
Raleigh Kings
Belair Kings
FTC
Lela Cie
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