Remembering Bob Oldis and Eddie Mathews through a fan letter
Iowa City brothers read an Orange County Los Angeles Times letter about Eddie Mathews and Bob Oldis. Oldis, a former catcher and long time scout, reflects on a remarkable career with the Senators Pirates and Phillies. He still signs baseball cards for fans and cherishes the lasting impact of the game.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Joe
Chick Meade
California
Orange County
Los Angeles Times
Eddie Mathews
Joe Meade
Oxford
Bob Oldis
the Meades
Washington Senators
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Phillies
Los Angeles
Oldis
Mathews
Braves
Boston
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Senators
Pirates
Phillies
al Grady
Grady
Montreal Expos
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Dakotas
Gazette
Miranda Meyer
Baseball Hall of Fame
Coolidge Elementary rally supports cancer-stricken student
Cedar Rapids students and families through the PTA have held fundraisers for Josh Mohning, a Coolidge third grader diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma. About $3,000 has been raised as the community provides meals, gift cards, and care during his chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant.
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Gazelle
Cedar Rapids
Coolidge Elementary
Coolidge
PTA
Josh Mohning
Sharon Mohning
Josh
Mohning
Ames
Nancy Weber
Bailey Freeze
Jessica Payton
Jessica
Weber
Lake Delhi Partners Seek Erosion Cuts in Delaware County
Lake Delhi in Delaware County teams with the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District and the Manchester office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service to slow erosion in the Lake Delhi watershed. They aim to fund conservation practices with cost-share, pursue a $300,000 state grant and $300,000 match, and conduct a lake diagnostic feasibility study while educating residents on water quality.
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Delhi
Lake Delhi
Delaware County
Public forum on historic preservation in Wellington Heights
Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association will host a free public forum at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Veterans Memorial Building council chambers. Speaker Robert Yapp Jr. will discuss historic preservation districts and practical economics of preservation based on forty years of work and over 140 ground up renovations.
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Cedar Rapids
Wellington Heights
Russ Oviatt
Yapp
Central City
Oviatt
Davenport
Bob Yapp
PBS
Decorah
Helen Thomas
Washington Press Corps
Luther College
Luther Center For Faith and Life
Thomas
White House
Washington News Beat
United Press International
Hearst
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Bush
Clinton
Front Row At the White House
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I.C
By Marlene Perrin
Eddie
By Janet Borholm
Tracy Freeze
Coolidge Pta
Guaranty Bank & Trust Co
Wireless
Czech Square
Sun Telecom
Lake
The
Sheraton
Christie Vilsack
Kate Dillon
University of Iowa Center For
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