Bicycle Parade and Hike Set for Bikecology Day in Iowa City
Iowa City hosts Bikecology day with a parade at 9:30 a.m from First National bank lot. Prizes include backpacks and pool season passes for families with most members or greatest distance ridden. After lunch four bike hikes head to West Branch Crandie Mercer Hickory Hill with guides.
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Iowa City
Project Green
First National Bank
City Park
West Branch
Crandie Park
Mercer Park
Hickory Hill
Governor
Dodge Street
Dodge
Market
Gilbert
Washington
Linn
Washington Streets
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
Sunset
Melrose
Grand Avenue Court
Grand Avenue
Burlington Street Bridge
Madison Street
Court Street
Summit
Kirkwood
College
First Avenue
Court
Seventh Avenue
College Street
University Arnold Air Society
North Liberty
Coralville
First National City
East Iowans Named to Mankato State Honors List
Mankato Minn. Several East Iowans have been named to the honors list at Mankato State College. High Honor recipients include Cedar Rapids Barbara Picek Diane Tvrdik and Iowa City Mary Jo Noone. Honor List picks include Belle Plaine Lynn Dahlquist Steven Crosby Cedar Rapids Judith Grove.
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Mankato
Minn
Senator Miller to visit Luther College campus
Republican Senator Jack Miller plans a campus tour at Luther College Decorah Iowa. He will visit classes at 10 30 a.m. and 3 p.m. and meet students in Centennial Union cafeteria from 11 a.m. to noon. A public meeting follows at 2 p.m. in the Oneota room open to Luther and Decorah residents.
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Decorah
Iowa
Jack Miller
Luther College
Student Caucus
Sen. Miller
Centennial Union
Oneota
Union
Luther and Decorah
Kirkwood Teaches OSHA Safety Classes in Monticello
Kirkwood Community College launches five week OSHA training for Monticello area workers. Al Victor, director at Collins Radio Co, will lead sessions tailored to employer needs focusing on ventilation electrical standards noise rules fire protection and related topics. Contact Robert Kucera at Kirkwood for classes in other communities.
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Kirkwood
Monticello
OSHA
Congress
al Victor
Collins Radio Co
Victor
Robert Kucera
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Boulevard
Cedar Rapis
Iowa
Shakespeare Play To Open at Luther College
DECORAH Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream will be staged at Luther College in the fieldhouse with 8 p.m. performances Thursday Friday and Saturday. Director Robert Larson says the show captures the festiveness of a wedding eve. High school matinees are set for May 4 and 5 and a children’s show follows a Saturday morning community orchestra concert.
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Decorah
Luther College
Luther Fieldhouse
Robert Larson
Luther Community Orchestra
Meeting on Airport Fuss At Decorah To Be May 8
A joint meeting is planned for May 8 between the Decorah airport commission and interested citizens following the termination notice served to airport manager Erhard Preiss. Preiss must vacate by May 24, with accusations of a personality clash noted.
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Decorah
Airport Commission
Erhard Preiss
Preiss
Wisconsin
Winneshiek County
James Weis
K. H. Peterson
Phillip Johnson
Willis Wangsness
Terry Dynes
Monte Anderson
ACS
Grant Street
Rural Board of Trustees
Clyde Davis Taylor
Verne Koenig
Planning Commission
Taylor
Mechanicville farmer seeks Iowa House seat in 24th district
William Peningroth 44 of Mechanicsville announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative from the 24th district. He is a World War II veteran and farm operator of 670 acres. He holds Cedar county GOP positions and various local agricultural and veteran group memberships. He is married with two children.
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Mechanicsville
William Peningroth
Linn Township
Cedar
Johnson
Scott
Clinton Counties
Iowa State University
Cedar County
Linn
G.O.P
Cedar County Pork Producers Assn
Cedar County Livestock Feeders Assn
American Legion
Amvets
Forces holdout on Mindanao estimated at 30000 troops
Thirty years ago reports estimate that U S and Philippine forces on Mindanao remained in resistance, with about 30,000 men still holding out.
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U.S
Philippine
Mindanao
Amtrak expands Chicago to West Coast service to daily runs
Amtrak announces daily Chicago to West Coast passenger service starting July 11 with the City of San Francisco making daily stops at Burlington Mt. Pleasant Osceola Ottumwa and Creston. Refurbished equipment will be used and officials hope for year round demand. The Chief train also starts daily service between Chicago and Los Angeles with a stop in Ft. Madison and Kansas City.
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Burlington
Chicago
West Coast
Iowa
San Francisco
Mt. Pleasant
Osceola
Ottumwa
Creston
Steven Kapala
Amtrak
National
Kapala
Chief
Ft. Madison
Los Angeles
Kansas City
Seminar on The Problem Child helps court and social service officials
Independence Iowa event at the Cromwell Children’s unit of the Mental Health Institute hosts a Friday seminar for court officials and social services and family agency representatives from 45 counties in northeast and southwest Iowa. The program titled The Problem Child How Psychiatry Can Help.
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Independence
Cromwell
Mental Health Institute
Social Services
Iowa
City Hires California Firm For Job Classification Study
Iowa City council approved a $9,200 contract with Griffenhagen Kroeger Inc of San Francisco to conduct a city job classification study. The meeting also set May 16 to discuss issuing $2 million in revenue bonds for a downtown parking ramp, after a prior defeat of a general obligation bond proposal.
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Iowa City
Ray Wells
California
Griffenhagen-Kroeger, Inc
San Francisco
Gordon Russell Inc
Counci
Independence veterans elect Ninth district officers
The Ninth district of the Veterans of Foreign Wars elected Louis Brn zen of New Vienna as commander at the Independence convention. He succeeds Fred Peterson of Independence. George Haler of Waukon was named senior vice commander, Clint Strempke of Independence junior vice commander, Art Phillips of New Vienna quartermaster, and Charles Fenley of Dubuque re elected chaplain.
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Independence
Louis Brnzen
New Vienna
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fred Peterson
George Haler
Waukon
Clint Strempke
Art Phillips
Charles Fenley
Dubuque
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Lake Macbride
Gazette
Duane Crock
Bruce Haupert
Jack Walters
Iowa City Optimists
Robert Lee
Ray Beemer
George Mather
Laveda Hynek
Kenneth Hubel
Les Batterman
The
Sunrise Optimist Club
Mankato Cite
Luther Campus
Remington
Erb’s Office Services, Inc
6Th St. SW
Luther
Anderson
Jerry Burrows
City Planning Commission
First NA (Ferry Bank
Third Street
Peningroth
Killians
Marie C. Cook
Silhouettist
Cedar Rapids
Mhi
Council
VFW
Mom
Gibson
Ado Appliances
Mt. Vernon Rd
19Th St
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