Five Eagle Scouts to be honored at McKinley High auditorium
Five Troop 12 members will receive Eagle Scout awards in a Monday 7 p.m. court of honor at McKinley Junior High School auditorium. Recipients: Brubaker Fabian Jackson Smith Snell. Brubaker 14, son of Vernon and family, joined Cub Scouts 1968 and Boy Scouts 1971, earned 24 merit badges, Arrow of Light, OA, Wakonda camp experiences, Boundary Waters canoeing, Upper Iowa River trips, and held posts including quartermaster. Fabian 13, son Gordon and family, joined Cub Scouts 1971, earned Webelos awards and Arrow of Light, joined Troop 12 1973, led and mentored in multiple roles, OA member, 25 merit badges, active in sports and band. Jackson 14, son William, ninth grade at McKinley, three years Wakonda camping, Boundary Waters and Upper Iowa trips, Hoover trail hike, fire chief at Cedar Rapids Civic Day, held leadership posts in troop. Smith and Snell also named among honorees with similar extensive scouting records.
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McKinley Junior High School
Scott Brubaker
Paul Fabian
Bill Jackson
Roger Smith
Jeff Snell
Brubaker
Vernon Brubaker
Vine Avenue
McKinley
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Camp Wakonda
Boundary Waters
Iowa River
Order of the Arrow
Troop 12
Wakonda
Upper
First Lutheran Church
Grant
Galena
Ill
St. Paul’s
Hoover
Sac and Fox Trails
Linn County Bicentennial medallion design winners named
Winners of the Linn County Bicentennial medallion design contest are announced. Dennis K. Dochtermann earns first prize with a Grant Wood drawing for the front, while John Lake takes second for the back. Bronze medallions debut soon with silver orders via the commission in Cedar Rapids.
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Linn County
Linn County Bicentennial Commission
Dennis K. Dochtermann
B Avenue NE
Grant Wood
John Lake
East Post Road
Dochtermann
Kansas City Art Institute
Kansas City
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lake
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cancer Education Meet in Troy Mills Wednesday
The third county wide cancer education program for seniors is set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. in the Legion hall Troy Mills. HACAP and Linn County American Cancer Society partners host. Film Journey Into Darkness on cancer quackery will be shown and Mrs. Edward Walter will answer questions. A Linn County Cancer Society board meeting in Cedar Rapids will report on the national ACS meeting.
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Cancer Education
Troy Mills
Legion Hall
Hawkeye Area
American Cancer Society
Edward Walter
The
Cancer Society
Linn
County Cancer Society
Robert C. Moorman
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
House of Delegates
New York
Cedar Rapids Country Club
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Eagle Scout
Fabian
Gordon R. Fabian
Green Valley Drive
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Chante
Rachel
Smulekoffs
Mark Rex
Amieau
Karastan
Glen Green
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