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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1987
Page
5
In Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha voters face multiple races. Cedar Rapids lists mayors and commissioners with several unopposed seats while Hiawatha and Marion locals select council members and unopposed posts. Polls open 7 a.m. close 8 p.m.
Cedar Rapids schools and Heritage Agency on Aging offer free breakfasts today to residents over 60 visiting 26 designated voting sites. The program, funded by school food service and run by staff and volunteers, aims to boost senior familiarity with the school breakfast program and encourage voting.
Residents in Cedar Rapids and Marion will hear sirens they have not heard before during the monthly civil defense test at 8 55 a m Wednesday. Seventeen new sirens in the two communities will be tested along with their public address systems. The Cedar Rapids Marion metro area has 40 sirens and 106 in the Duane Arnold Energy Center warning system. The three minute test includes one minute of up and down wailing one minute of silence and one minute of steady tone.
The Peoples Republic of China presented a touring program titled Chinese Festival of Song and Dance at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City. Dancers showcased 55 ethnic styles recreated after Cultural Revolution disruptions with showy staging, colorful scenery, and varied acts blending traditional Chinese dance with acrobatics.
Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps named the 1987 season award winners at a Cedar Rapids banquet. Recipients include rookie marcher Aaron Sweeney and rookie drummer Erick Thompson, with several members singled for most improved and most valuable honors. Six Knights will march in the Texas Cotton Bowl parade with Zonneveld as co-drum major.
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