Fireplace and firewood boom driven by fuel shortage
Dealers report surged demand for cast iron stoves and wood burning units as a fuel shortage worries customers. Blake St Clair of House of Fireplaces notes record stove demand and looming shortages, while Kubias Hardware and Candle Light Gas Lamp Sales report booming inquiries. firewood sellers like Dick's Tree Service see a third more wood sold by Nov 1, with firms such as Ives-Frana Fuel Co. and D and B Firewood noting supply constraints and rising prices.
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Blake St. Clair
House of Fireplaces
North Towne Lane
Ben Franklin
St. Clair
Cedar Rapids
Appliance Specialties Corp
Center Point Road
Kubias Hardware
Heather’s
Candle
Mark Hertz
Kubias
Georgia
Dick Reisner
Ives-Frana Fuel Co
Shaver Road
John Tesar
Forty-third Street
D and B Firewood Co
Marion
Weekly Air Pollution Report From Linn County Health
The Gazette records weekly particulate matter data from Linn county health department air pollution control division. National standards set 75 micrograms per cubic meter annually and 260 micrograms per cubic meter for 24 hours, with 0.03 and 0.14 arithmetic and daily ppm limits respectively. Instrument at 445 First street SW remained broken. week averages and readings at both sites are listed with fractions and dates, showing 0.016 weekly average at 2115 North Towne lane NE and 0.19 and 0.14 weekly averages for the other measurements.
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Air Pollution Control Division
Linn County Health Department
First Street
North Towne Lane
Peeters
Jane Boyd Community House
Mt. Vernon
Central City
Set Boddicker Program Today
The 20th annual Bod dicker School of Music studio championship program is today at 2 p.m. in Wilson junior high auditorium after a two day competition. A massed band of 200 students, 10 accordion bands and six guitar groups perform. The program features Diane Butterfield, 16, Iowa Accordion State champion and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Butterfield, along with the four youngest students Christine Anastasiou, 4, piano, Jamie Drakos, 5, accordion, Kim Brown, 6, organ, and Trinda Brooks, 6, accordion. Admission is free.
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Boddicker School of Music
Wilson Junior High
Iowa
Diane Butterfield
Robert Butterfield
Red Fox Road
Christine Anastisiou
Jamie Drakos
Kim Brown
Trinda Brooks
Oil shale could unlock vast Western oil reserves
Federal estimates indicate Colorado Utah and Wyoming hold about 600 billion barrels of petroleum from oil shale far exceeding Middle East reserves. The Oil Shale Corp. dev eloped a new process mixing mined shale with heated ceramic pellets after seven years of field tests and says the resource is near tapping.
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New York
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Middle East
Oil Shale Corp
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Des Moines
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Tom St. Clair
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Rherey
Nusash
Retiye Industries
Lowa
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