Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair Board Final Plan
The final pre fair meeting will be Monday at 7 30 p m at James Shanklin home 2232 Birchwood Dr NE Cedar Rapids to complete plans for the 17th annual show. Awards totaling about 2500 dollars will be handed out by professional and scientific groups with many special awards expected from more than a dozen organizations. Buses will be provided for tours of Cedar Rapids science facilities, with two top winners to travel to the International Science and Engineering Fair in Denver May 9 15.
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Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair
Paul Nylin
Irv Faber
Tours
Cedar Rapids
Sandra Stephen
Washington High School
Iowa
Denver
James Shanklin
Birchwood Drive
Shanklin
Fair Board
Salvation Army Dinner Set With Public Meeting
Salvation Army will hold its annual meeting and civic dinner Thursday with Brigadier Lillian Dixon of Chicago as speaker. William Steadman says the event is open to the public, with invitations to United Way agency staff. A 6:30 p.m. dinner will be served at the Corps Community Center at 1000 C Avenue NW.
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Salvation Army
William Steadman
Army
United Way
Lillian Dixon
Chicago
League of Mercy
Steadman
Salvation Army Corps
1000 C Avenue NW
Turtle Bay Revolutionary Node in New York History
Turtle Bay on Manhattan Island was a rockbound cove at end of 47th Street. The British storehouse was captured there at midnight on July 20, 1775 in a Sons of Liberty led coup. Washington’s army posted there in September 1776 before British landings at Kip's Bay.
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Turtle Bay
Manhattan Island
N.Y
East River
47Th Street
New York
Sons of Liberty
Washington
Kip’s Bay
Gold Rush School House Costs Rise From 4898 to 60000
In Columbia California the first school house was built in 1860 at a cost of 4898 dollars while a recent restoration ran to 60000 dollars. The AP report notes the price jump reflects modern expenses in a historic mining town.
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Columbia, Calif
Mother Lode
Columbia
McKinley Junior High Music to Celebrate Bicentennial
McKinley Junior High School hosts a bicentennial concert Friday at 8 p.m. in the large gym. Robert Sadilek leads the honor band, Emily Sweet directs the honor orchestra, and Kevin Benford leads the McKinley choir. Ninth graders present two bicentennial readings, and a combined orchestra and choir piece with a narrator performs Testament of an American by Alfred Reed. Tickets are 1 dollar adults 50 cents students at the door. A PTA ice cream social precedes at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria.
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McKinley Junior High School
Kevin Benford
Alfred Reed
McKinley
Assn
Radar Unit Locations for This Week
Police radar units will check Northeast A and First avenues Redbud road Twenty ninth and Forty second streets Southeast Forest drive Country Club parkway and Fifteenth street Northwest E, O and First avenues and Ellis boulevard Southwest Wilson and Sixteenth avenues Rockford and C and First streets.
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First Avenues
Redbud Road
Twenty-ninth
Forty-second
Forest Drive
Country Club Parkway
Fifteenth Street
Ellis Boulevard
Wilson and
Sixteenth Avenues
Rockford
First Streets
Oldest Fossil Records Hint at Three Billion Years of Life
Scientists cite fossilized remains and stromatolites suggesting living organisms existed around three billion years ago. The findings illuminate early life’s resilience and environmental conditions on ancient Earth.
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Earth
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Science Fair Board
Joe Beach
America
Lindale Plaza
Killian's and
Lisle Ramsey Photo Studio
Children's Departments
Robert Sadilek
Emily Sweet
Iowa City
By Houbigant
Houbigant
Downtown
Lowe City
Killian's
Killians
Sycamore
Uae
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