Registration At Central YMCA for Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby
The Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby Assn announces a trip to the national finals for all entrants from Eastern Iowa. Registration and information day is planned Saturday at 1 30 p m at the Central YMCA. Parents and youths aged 10 to 15 are invited to attend to learn details and inspect a previous car.
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Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby Assn
Iowa
Jaycees and Derby Assn
Central Ymca
Knight
Cedar Rapids
Akron
Derby Assn
Butterfly found alive in snow blower at Hawthorne Hills garage
A yellow and black swallow tail butterfly sought refuge in a heated garage at Hawthorne Hills apartments 2263 C street SW. Gary Anderson maintenance man at the complex found the butterfly alive Monday inside a snow blower on the premises.
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Hawthorne Hills
C Street
Gary Anderson
Thirty-sixth Street
Famous Ape Movie Twice at Cedar Rapids Library
The 1931 ape film featuring Fay Wray will be shown twice at the Cedar Rapids Public Library next week. Mrs. Doris Wilcox, head of the audio visual department, notes a distributor restriction on naming the movie. Showings are 7 p.m. in the children's basement with 50 seats, free admission.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Doris Wilcox
Fay Wray
New York City
Hawkeye Labor Council to Sponsor Public Medical Tests
The Hawkeye Labor Council offers a public testing program starting Monday at the Village Inn Motel on 100 F Avenue NW. Tests include hearing, glaucoma eye, vision, lung capacity, ECG, chest X-ray, blood pressure, and blood and urine analyses with fees of 50 dollars for men, 55 for women, and 20 per child with discounted group rates for multiple children.
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Hawkeye Labor Council
Village Inn
F Avenue NW
National Health Services Company
Labor Council
Frank Reynolds
Salvation Army Needs Books For Pickup Service
Salvation Army seeks donations of books to boost its pickup service serving Cedar Rapids and 17 Northeast Iowa counties. Lt. Edwin Seger says current book supply is low and hospitals and institutions are often in need. Books are sold at Red Shield stores to help affordable access. Pickup also collects newspapers furniture appliances clothing glassware toys and other usable items with 24 hour access at 365-1491. On this date in 1836 Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico.
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Salvation Army
Edwin Seger
Army
Seger
Red Shield
Men’s Social Service Center
United Way
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Watch Those Fake Checks Watch Those Fake Checks
The Iowa attorney general warns retailers about facsimile checks redeemable only for stainless cookware. Janet Whitney says the International Mail Order Co of Norman Oklahoma has mailed $200 look alike checks with promo material. Some clerks have cashed them at face value despite the restriction.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids invites parents to visit P E classes
Parents of elementary and junior high students in the Cedar Rapids Community School District are invited to visit physical education classes through Monday as part of National Physical Education and Sport Week. The event is sponsored by the American Alliance for Health Physical Education and Recreation and emphasizes movement skills learning, sports skills, team sports, and lifetime activities.
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Cedar Rapids Community School
The
American Alliance For Health, Physical Education, and Recreation
Regis High School offers pre registration sessions Thursday
Pre registration for the 1977 78 school year at Regis high school runs Thursday from 8 30 am to 4 30 pm in the school gym. Staff will answer questions about courses and help plan the year for sophomores juniors and seniors with a parent accompaniment schedule by surname and a 10 registration fee due. Special freshmen sessions are set for March 28 and 29 in the evening.
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Regis High School
Donald Klein
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Distributive Education Honors to Students
Cedar Rapids area high schools honored at the seventh annual distributive education leadership conference at Kirkwood Community College. More than 100 students competed, with first to third place listed by category and featuring numerous students from Jefferson, Kennedy, and Washington High Schools in events ranging from marketing terms to public speaking and display judging.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Mike Ilten
Jefferson
Jeff Carlson
Kennedy
Robbin Huggins
Laurie Power
Clem Wisely
Sue Vecerka
Harland Pomeroy
Craig Koontz
Washington
D.C
DECA
Jill Cocciola
Kim Bendixsen
Kathy Klocke
Bev Barg
Rick Dawson
Amy Lightner
Food Service
Lorraine Cherry
Kim Streeper
Dot Roland
Janet Shelton
Cedar Rapids Music Contest Draws 3000 Students
More than 3,000 students from 47 Cedar Rapids public and parochial schools compete in a city instrumental contest at Jefferson High School. The event runs 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with no admission charge and schedules in the main office. Grades K through 12 perform on piano strings woodwind brass and percussion. Jefferson band parents provide snacks and lunches in the cafeteria.
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Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Jefferson Band
Nature Center Open House and Hike kicks off spring events
Indian Creek Nature Center hosts Backwater Woodies day Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Cedar Rapids artist Jim Landenberger will sign prints of his watercolor Backwater Woodies donated to the center. Sunday 2 to 4:30 p.m. features a Pre Spring Stretcher hike with an optional film slideshow Discovering the Forest. Fees 75 cents non members, free for members. Children welcome with adult. Visitor brochure and calendar available by calling 362 0664. Located at Otis and Bertram roads in southeast Cedar Rapids.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Cedar Rapids
Jim Landenberger
Landenberger
Nature Center
Otis and
Bertram Roads
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State of
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Taylor Chablis
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the Taylor Wine Co., Inc
Hammondsport, New York
Happy Homemakers
DIAL
Regis
Cyndi Hess
Sherri Stepanek
Michelle Jenny
Bruce Bushman
Venice Guthridge
John Opperman
Auto Petroleum
Greg Clausen
Jim Eppel
Ann Sunde
Sara Hesser
Fred Mittan
Mark Bornstein
Joe Cullinan
Russ Nanktgeboren
Thomas Lee Decker
Fort Worth
Sherwin-Williams Home Decorator’s Sale
Shell
Bank Americard
Sherwin-Williams
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