Junior League Opens EIEIO Project at Bever Park
Cedar Rapids invites the public to a Saturday grand opening of the EIEIO Project at Old MacDonald's Farm Bever Park. Admission is free with tours, hayrides, crafts, scavenger hunt, costumed characters, fingerprinting clinic and live performances by Cedar Rapids Symphony School students and Chris Carmen sing-alongs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Circus Big Top Heads West for Westdale Mall Show
Carson & Barnes Circus brings a five ring presentation to Westdale Mall with shows at 1 30 p.m 4 30 p.m and 7 30 p.m on Saturday and Sunday outside Younkers lower level at Wiley and Williams. The big top rises to 300 feet with 400 stakes and miles of cable as elephants and performers prepare. Tickets range 7 to 12 for children and 14 to 19 for adults with online sales at www carsonbarnescircus com.
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Westdale Mall
Younkers
Wiley and Williams Boulevards
United States
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Mexico
Peru
Russia
Italy
Carsonbarnescircus. Com
Eagle Scout Kriegermeier completes picnic table project
Cedar Rapids 15 year old Eric Kriegermeier son of Mike and Deb Kriegermeier will receive his Eagle Scout award in a Court of Honor from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at 6051 Beverly Rd. SW. He earned 25 merit badges and state Adopt a Highway recognition and helped refurbish picnic tables and benches for the Cedar Rapids Police Department shooting range with 23 helpers.
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Cedar Rapids
Eric Kriegermeier
Mike
Deb Kriegermeier
Beverly Rd
Kriegermeier
Prairie High School
Prairie Heights Pepto
Arrow of Light
Oxford coffee spots anchor small town life
In Oxford, The Depot run by Tom and Lynette Scheetz, started 30 years ago as a gas station, now a downtown convenience store offering produce and groceries. The Oxford Sale Barn, opened 1969 by Merle and Bob Cochran, serves coffee on the honor system with daily auctions and a homemade noon lunch, while Carter Ford Inc. provides another coffee option. Demographic data from the 2000 census lists a population of 705 with varied age groups and racial makeup.
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Suzanne Barnes
Gazette Xford
Oxford
Tom
Lynette Scheetz
Tom Scheetz
Oxford Sale
Merle Cochran
Bob Cochran
Sale Barn
Judy Cochran
Adelaide Cochran
Chuck
Carter Ford Inc
Ted
Mary Ann Carter
Gazette Coffee Event at The Depot
Gazette staff invite Oxford residents to The Depot 220 N Augusta Ave from 9 to 10 30 a m for coffee rolls and commentary on local coverage. Attendees may share thoughts on service and offer story ideas for future issues.
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Gazette
Augusta Ave
Oxford
Oxford Iowa Small Town Amid County Road W-38
Oxford is a Johnson County town with about 700 residents located along County Road W-38 in western Johnson County. It sits roughly 18.5 miles west of downtown Iowa City and 27 miles southwest of Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa City
Kay St
Oxford
Don Saxton
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids
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Alice Simonson
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Goffee
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