Cedar Rapids hosts elite drum corps in Tournament of Drums
The Tournament of Drums brings top Division 1 drum corps to Kingston Stadium at 7 p.m. Thursday in Cedar Rapids. Competing units include Colts Colt Cadets Blue Knights Blue Stars Madison Scouts Phantom Regiment Pioneer Troopers and Grant Wood All-City Drum Corps. Grant Wood will perform in exhibition during intermission and the event marks Drum Corps International's first Cedar Rapids involvement.
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Eagle Scout Kyle Myers to be honored at St Isidore Church
Kyle Myers son of John and Marcia Myers of Marion will receive his Eagle Scout award at a 1 30 p m Court of Honor at St Isidore Catholic Church in Springville He is a junior at Linn Marwee High School in Marion a member of Troop 560 He earned 31 merit badges and the Arrow of Light He served as senior patrol leader and assistant senior patrol leader He earned the Order of the Arrow and Honor Camper Myers built a shed and fence and landscaped for the Foundation 2 youth shelter in Cedar Rapids with 38 people helping
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Rescue Vet-Taught Pet First Aid Lessons From Real Life
In Cedar Rapids eight years ago Rex Glasgow and his cocker spaniel Tanner played tag when Tanner bit dirt and collapsed. Glasgow an EMT trained rescuer revived him with mouth to mouth breaths and later saved his schnauzer Casey from urethane ingestion using activated charcoal. He now teaches Pet First Aid through the Red Cross.
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Pet First Aid class teaches canine and feline first aid basics
The program offers a six hour course from 6 to 10 pm with a $30 fee and a included Pet First Aid reference guide. Classes rotate between Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with locations on Rockwell Drive NE and Clinton Street. Instructors include Glasgow and other volunteers with guest notes on past student backgrounds.
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Hiawatha Looks to Iowa Great Places Pilot Program
Hiawatha officials seek selection for Gov Tom Vilsack’s Iowa Great Places initiative to fund the Town Center vision a downtown hub. Mayor Tom Patterson says letters to the initiative could help bring public and private resources to create a mixed use civic commercial and residential center with trails.
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Close-Up: Cedar Rapids Grandfather Marvin Simmons Shares Family Life
Marvin Simmons of Cedar Rapids discusses parenting patience second time around and love for outdoor handwork. He notes long hours and weather as drawbacks, praises Cedar Rapids for schooling but desires more teen activities. He cherishes gardening and fishing, cites War and Peace as favorite read, and describes his large blended family and eight children.
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