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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 2004
Page
31
Calendar notes two early meetings at 9 a.m. Informal sessions are set at the Iowa County Court House in Marengo and the Benton County house in Vinton proceeding as listed for today.
Weekend events include Talk of Iowa Live at the Java House in Iowa City with a discussion on classical music. Arts listings cover gallery openings, concerts by Pandemonium Steel Drum Band, Czech Plus Band, and a Theatre Cedar Rapids production Cabaret. Memorials and historic programs also appear across Solon, Coralville, and Williamsburg venues.
In Iowa City on September 21, 1951 Charlie Pratt endured a mortar hit in Korea that nearly cost him a leg and years of recovery. Pratt, now 73, and eight other veterans will be honored by the U S Army Corps of Engineers at Coralville Lake for the 15th Veterans Trail anniversary, with a 1 30 p m ceremony at East Overlook Picnic Area. This year includes formal medal presentations a Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars for WWII veterans Ralph Baughman and Gordon Zumwalt and a Purple Heart for Vietnam veteran Michael Alber.
Plum Grove Historic Home in Iowa City kicks off its 2004 season with a 1 p.m. Saturday program The War of 1812 on the Old Northwest Frontier Gary Cameron historian and reenactor leads the talk wearing a U S Army uniform The event is free with a rain location at Montgomery Hall on the Johnson County Fairgrounds Plum Grove preserves the 1844 home of Robert Lucas Iowa territorial governor and first Plum Grove owner Lucas journal and a watercolor portrait are in the collection Information line provided.
In Cedar Rapids Al & Irene's BBQ House offers hickory smoked beef and pork ribs with a plain no-frills dining room. The Forkcast notes family owners Al Quarterman and Irene, who moved to Cedar Rapids in 1983 and run the restaurant at 2020 North Towne Lane NE. Ribs are priced around eight to fourteen dollars with sides like onion rings and cole slaw. diners compliment the sauces and portions and mention kids meals and pie.
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