Iowa's Indian Heritage Photo Exhibit at Cedar Rapids Center
John M. Zielinski's exhibit Iowa's Indian Heritage opens at Cedar Rapids Art Center through March 18. The Kalona photographer presents confrontation photography of Mesquakie life and the Pow Wow in color, alongside black and white studies of daily life. Zielinski, a University of Iowa graduate and Kirkwood instructor, pursues a long term photographic project documenting Iowa's diverse peoples. His work has appeared in Life and Popular Photography and travels with state-wide Arts Council support.
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Iowa
As of America Journal
Infinity
National Publica
Cedar Rapids Art Center
Third Street
John M. Zielinski
Kalona
Iowa Arts Council
Zielinski
University of Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa City
Tama
Arts Council
Connecticut Commission On the Arts
Central America
Davenport Municipal Art Gallery
Des Moines Art Center
Photokina
Cologne
Germany
Modernage Gallery
New York City
Life
Popular Photography
Famous Photographers Magazine
the Photographic Society
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Life Light Aids Calls for Help
A Life Light device from Design Controls Co. in Hempstead New York enables ill or incapacitated patients living alone to signal for medical help. The strobe unit with a wearable transmitter is activated by a button to flash a signal and can also serve as a fire or burglar alarm for bedridden individuals.
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Hempstead, N.Y
The
Design Controls Co
England
Octogenarian Driver Given Ten Year Driving Ban
Hailsham England AP Frank Garner eighty two was banned from driving for ten years after pleading guilty to driving without reasonable consideration for other road users. Police said Garner traveled along the middle of the main London to Eastbourne highway at ten miles per hour.
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Hailsham
England
Frank Garner
Garner
London-Eastbourne
This Week Public Agency Meetings Listed
Itinerary of meetings for Linn County and Cedar Rapids area bodies from Monday to Wednesday. Includes boards of supervisors health planning council conservation school board Marion council zoning and social services and urban renewal board with times and venues. No official business will be transacted.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Board of Health
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Linn County Supervisors
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Marion Parks Department
Linn County Board of Social Services
Third Avenue SE
Urban Renewal Board
First Woman Traversed Niagara Falls In Barrel
Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel on October 24, 1901, plunging 186 feet at Horseshoe Falls. She claimed the leather harness and cushions inside the 40 by 3 foot barrel protected her, and she emerged unhurt though stating she would not repeat the feat for a million dollars.
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Niagara Falls
Anna Edson Taylor
World Almanac
Horseshoe Falls
Ambassadors Named for Shrine Ambassadors Program Across 25 Counties
Fifty seven potentates ambassadors were named to serve El Kahir Shrine temples across a 25 county area. Potentate Richard D Aldershot said they will represent the potentate in cities and towns and provide leadership in Shrine activities. Names are listed by clubs and counties including Independence Iowa City Delaware Dubuque Jones North Iowa Northeast Iowa Tama Wright Iowa Cedar Rapids Embassy Club with members such as Charles Steege Jake Levin Dwayne Huston William Dunn Bob Swail James Smith George Daggett Olin Helgeson and others.
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el Kahir
Richard D. Aldershot
E Hull
Glenn Johnston
L. E. Hilsabeck
Waterloo
Martin Gillam
Gary Larson
Junior Grimm
Nolan Bienfang
Robert Morris
Herb Dorfman
Rex Muir
Delaware County
Claude Ryan
Fletcher Boehm
Ted Shelley
Jerry Turner
Dubuque
Dwayne Huston
Harley Fouty
Iowa River
William Dunn
Paul Franzen
D. D. Arrowood
Jones County
Cecil Goettsch
Lynn Murfield
Vern Goettsch
Wright County
George Daggett
Merle Paulsen
Donald Sharp
Iowa County
Olin Helgeson
H.W. Swift
John Waggoner
Cedar Rapids
Embassy Club
James Lundstrom
Donald Caldwell
John Baker
Max Padzensky
Power of Jordan River Unharnessed
The Jordan river rises on Mt Hermon then descends through the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea. Hydrographic surveys show the river could provide power and irrigation for Jordan Syria Lebanon and Israel if peace comes to the Middle East.
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Jordan River
Mt. Hermon
Sea of Galilee
Dead Sea
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Middle East
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Ka Jona
Life Light Aids
Newie
Marion City Council
Council Room
City
Linn-Mar Community School
Hiawatha City Council
Killian
Texas Instruments
Sycamore
Killian Company
Jean Joyce
Independence
Charles Steege
Ed Armstead
Ira Grawood
Roland Thompson
Lyle Zugg
Francis Wheeler
Dave Homewood
William Crandall
Cecil Huff
Oelwein
Jake Levin
Louis
Ilians
Westgate
Seersucker
Lindale
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