Mount Vernon Band Day Highlights Iowa Parade trip
Mount Vernon observes Band Day as merchants donate proceeds for Mount Vernon High School band to travel to the Cherry Blossom Parade in Washington D C on April 4. Led by Don Stine the group departs March 29 visiting Dearborn Mentor Stroudsburg Gettysburg Charlottesville Williamsburg Yorktown and competes in Washington D C with a breakfast for Rep Tom Tauke on April 3. Other bands from Marion Oelwein and Pella also participate in festival events.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Chamber of Commerce
Don Stine
Dearborn
Mich
Mentor
Ohio
Stroudsburg
Gettysburg
Charlottesville
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Tom Tauke
Marion
Oelwein
Pella
Washington
Kindergarten Roundup Under Way in College Community District
Kindergarten roundup is underway in the College Community district. Parents should call elementary schools for information about the March 27 30 and April 13 events. The district switchboard is 848 4121. Vision and hearing screenings will be conducted with results available to parents.
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College Community
Abdication of Spain’s King Charles IV in 1808
On this date in 1808 Spain’s King Charles IV abdicated the throne amid rising political pressure. The act followed tensions with Napoleon Bonaparte and sparked shifts in royal authority and governance across the Iberian Peninsula.
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Spain
Charles IV
School events span concerts plays and open houses
Education roundup lists Doctor Doctor performances at Franklin Junior High Auditorium with 1 dollar student and 2 dollar adult tickets. West-Side Junior High Band and Jefferson High band schedule 7 30 p m free concert. Employee Appreciation Week honors 15 year staff in College Community Schools March 23 to 27. Kinder-Care open houses invite kindergarten applicants and describe offerings. Cedar Rapids area Distributive Education awards include six second, three third, four honorable mentions. Cedar Rapids Marion parochial schools report math contest results with first place finishers and LaSalle High performers advancing to All-State Festival in Des Moines.
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Taft, Roosevelt and
Wilson
Jefferson High
Prairie People
College Community Schools
Barb Perry
Prairie View Elementary
Ken Fearing
Prairie High School
Arno Grabe
Prairie Junior High
Curtis McCallum
Ray Mitchell
Maintenance
Luella Morse
Bill Rieniers
College Community Schools Executive Committee
Cedar Rapids High School
Des Moines
Kennedy and
Jefferson High School
Kennedy
Lori Enzor
Medford Lane
Melinda Goodin
Marion
Susan Martin
Rogers Road
St. Joseph’s School
Amy Orr
Center St. NE
St. Pius
LaSalle High School
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Junior High School Roughriders
WEAP
Ortho Super
ELA
Nova University
Ata Aescte
Eae
Franklin Junior High School
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Kinder-Care
North Park Place
Burdette Drive
35Th St
Carrie Thomas
Williams Boulevard
Kevin Kacere
Second Ave
Washington High
St. Matthew's School
LaSalle
Karen Burns
Fifth Ave
DeDe Goodell
Route 1
Cedar Rapids
Mary Konecny
Bob Malecek
Dennis Drive
Wayward Saints
Ony
Doorbusters
Ckeefe & Merritt
Tappan
Amana
C.f
6Th ST
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