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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 2006
Page
42
Collecting Our Past notes a U S mess kit from World War I carried in trenches by soldiers. The kit includes a frying pan, plate, knife marked 1917, and utensils stamped U S with maker marks A C Co and 6 Co. No clear soldier identity found.
The Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center will serve Johnson County businesses producing under 220 pounds of hazardous waste per month with a new mobile collection option funded by an Iowa Department of Natural Resources grant. Qualifying businesses will be scheduled for pickup with standard disposal plus a mobile unit fee.
The Washington County Riverboat Foundation distributed 72 845.05 to all county municipalities last week as the first monthly payment of 2006 part of 291 380.18 received from the casino. Cities were paid per capita with Washington leading at 38 475.42 and other allocations listed, while a Funding Committee reviews 59 grant applications totaling over 9 million. A report on fund use will be requested from each city, and about 2.7 million remains for organizations with 700 000 to be retained and 2 million to grants. The next meeting is 6 p m Wednesday at the Washington County Fairgrounds 4-H Building.
Johnson County supervisors invite qualified residents to apply for a vacancy on the Historic Preservation Commission. Applicants should have expertise in architecture history planning or conservation and must be eligible electors. Deadline December 1 with details at the Supervisors Office and Johnson County website. Openings also posted for Voices of Experience choir director at City Senior Center with semester stipend, contact Susan Rogusky for more information.
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch Iowa seeks sculptors writers photographers painters and composers to apply for artist in residence fellowships. Sponsored by the National Park Service the program invites works inspired by Hoovers history and the site features his birthplace Gravesites Library Museum and an 81 acre tallgrass prairie. Application details and deadline March 2.
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