Balloon Glow and Literary Events Highlight Cedar Rapids Day
Local Balloon Glow at Brucemore features tethered hot air balloons and a concert by Airwaves starting at 5 30 p m free with a Freedom Festival button. Elizabeth McCracken reads from Thunderstruck and Other Stories at Prairie Lights Books at 7 p m free. Family friendly and pet friendly events across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City with varied times and venues.
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Brucemore
Linden Dr. SE
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth McCracken
McCracken
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Iowa
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Ushers Ferry Village to Host Free Tour During Freedom Festival
Linn County Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation will open Ushers Ferry Historic Village for a free tour from 5 30 to 8 30 p m Friday. The site lies at 5925 Seminole Valley Trail NE and offers public access during the festival.
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Cedar Rapids
Cherry Hill Aquatic Center Reopens as City Celebrates 10 Years
Cedar Rapids Parks and Recreation reopens Cherry Hill Aquatic Center at 11 45 a m today with normal hours. Night event features an inflatable obstacle from 6 30 to 8 30 p m and admission 4 50 or season pass. Longest Day of Summer postponed event runs 1 to 10 p m Saturday with games relays meals and 5 admission or pass. A 6 30 p m rededication and group plunge precedes free swimming hours. Cedar Rapids voters approved a 1 percent sales tax on July 10 2001 to fund pool reconstruction begun 2004 and completed 2005.
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Cedar Rapids
Cherry Hill
Cherry Hill Aquatic Center
Kids learn to make energy at Alliant exhibit in Cedar Rapids
Alliant Energy sponsors a free Saturday exhibit at the Cedar Rapids Science Center for kindergarten to sixth grade students to learn about energy, Fara day's Principle, electricity, and rare earth magnets. Participants will assemble a flashlight to take home. registration is required at Crsciencecenter.org.
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Alliant Energy
Cedar Rapids Science Center
Council St. NE
Faraday
Crsciencecenter.org
New Pi Hosts Non-GMO Talk in Coralville
Ken Roseboro editor of The Organic Non-GMO Report will discuss the non GMO uprising and market forces driving GMOs off shelves at New Pioneer Food Co op Coralville 1101 Second St from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday. Admission is 5 per person. Register at Newpi.coop.
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New Pioneer Food Co-op
Ken Roseboro
New Pi Coralville
Second St
Roseboro
Newpi.coop
Mercy Iowa City and UI Hospitals assist sexual assault victims
During the last fiscal year Mercy Iowa City and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics treated 91 sexual assault victims. The Johnson County SART Fund, created in 2013, supports the response team coordinating nurses, ER staff, advocates, law enforcement, and attorneys helping victims through health care and criminal justice systems. The JC SART has served Johnson County since 2000 in collaboration with agencies including the Rape Victim Advocacy Program. For private support, contact Elizabeth Simpson at the University of Iowa Foundation.
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Mercy Iowa City
University of Iowa
Johnson County
University of Iowa Foundation
Jcsart
Elizabeth Simpson
US Foundation
Roy J
Lucille A. Carver
Tipton Receives K-9 Grant for New Police Dog
Tipton Police Department obtained a K9 grant from K9s4COPS to fund a Belgian Malinois named Bullet for narcotics and search and rescue training. Officer Scott McGlauglin and Bullet are in basic training in Houston and will train monthly with local K-9 units before returning for July 4 events. Cedar County’s first K-9 unit, a charity painting by Santiago Sanchez will aid care with 1000 prints for a 25 dollar donation.
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Tipton
K9s4cops
Houston
Bullet
Scott McGlaughlin
Cedar County
McGlaughlin
Cedar Rapids
Santiago Sanchez
Sanchez
Brass Band to perform July 4 at Hoover Library lawn
The Eastern Iowa Brass Band will give a free concert at 2 p.m. on July 4 on the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum front lawn in West Branch. Rev. Richard Paulus as Sam Adams will read the Declaration of Independence. rain moves the event to the Hoover Auditorium stage.
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Eastern
Iowa
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum
Sam Adams
Richard Paulus
Hoover Auditorium
West Branch
Inter- State
Wedding chandelier key to National Czech & Slovak Museum 40th anniversary
The National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids marks 40 years on July 12 and seeks couples married under its chandelier to share wedding dates names and photos. About 20 couples have already offered memories as the chandelier remains a symbol of lasting love. The event features free admission food activities a concert and a chance for couples to take new photos under the chandelier.
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National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Amy Lyness
LeeAnn Benischek
Steve Groner
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Cedar Rapids
Lyness
Alyness
NCSML
Ncsml.org
Groner
Wilson Avenue
William Elliott Whitmore
Sara Jacobmeyer
Lynn Nielsen to Perform at Union Sunday School Concert
Lynn Nielsen will headline the first 2014 Union Sunday School series concert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Clermont’s Union Sunday School. He will play chorales including Today Triumphs the Son of God and O Sacred Heart Now Wounded, plus The Girl from Ipanema and A Foggy Day in London Town, with a Bach Blues arrangement. The free concert will be followed by tea at the Clermont Opera House.
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Lynn Nielsen
Union
Union Sunday School
Larrabee St
Clermont Opera House
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