Philanthropy Day honors Cedar Rapids volunteers and donors
Ta ana Vincent Noce Jr. of Cedar Rapids is named outstanding individual philanthropist at the 1990 Philanthropy Day awards. The Eastern Iowa NSFRE event covers 11 honorees with a luncheon at Collins Plaza Hotel. Henry Royer of Merchants National Bank delivers the keynote.
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Vincent Noce Jr
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa
National Society of Fund Raising Executives
Collins Plaza Hotel
Henry Royer
Merchants National Bank
Sallie Driscoll
Noce
Rotary Foundation
First National Bank of
Iowa City
Southeast-side man stabbed near Maid-Rite during robbery
Johnny Oliver, 37, of 1233 Third Ave SE was stabbed once in a 1200 block alley between First and Second Avenues SE after an argument with two unknown men at the Maid-Rite, 1323 First Ave SE. He was treated and released at St Luke's Hospital. Oliver says he was robbed of 300 dollars. No charges filed.
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East Side
Johnny Oliver
Third Ave
St. Luke's Hospital
First
Second Avenue SE
Oliver
Maid-Rite
First Ave. SE
Linn-Mar Play Rescheduled After Football Run
Linn-Mar High School shifts its production of Rebel Without a Cause to Wednesday Thursday and Saturday at 7 30 p m in the auditorium due to the football team advancing to the state championship. The Lions face Newton Friday at the UNI Dome in Cedar Falls.
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Linn-Mar High School
Linn-Mar
Lions
Newton
UNI
Cedar Falls
Springville School Addition Wins Low Bid Contract
Point Builders of Cedar Rapids lands the base bid of 1,310,000 and two alternates for Springville Junior and Senior High School addition totaling 69,744 for brick walls and 63,290 to finish two classrooms and restrooms. Bond voters approved 1.5 million for the project and construction is set to start this week.
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Springville
Point Builders of
Cedar Rapids
Gary Biles
A Day in Amana slide show premiers at Museum
An Amana Heritage Society project titled A Day in Amana debuts with 48 volunteers showing over 3,000 slides edited to 300. The exhibit features Amana residents, villages, gardens, farms, woods, and businesses, with many impressionistic images.
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Amana
Museum of Amana
Amana Heritage Society
Linn-Photo of
Cedar Rapids
Agfa Film
U of I harassment suit settled after long court battle
The 77 year old sexual harassment case against University of Iowa anatomy professor Jean Jew is resolved. President Hunter Rawlings apologized to Jew and she is promoted to full professor with back pay dating to July 1, 1984. Attorneys fees totaling 895000 will be paid. The settlement ends years of faculty protests and court action stemming from comments about Jew’s gender.
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Lyle Muller
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jean Jew
Jew
U of I
Hunter Rawlings
College of Medicine
Anatomy
U.S. District Court
Harold Vietor
State Board of Regents
Reed uses 30 foot broom on concrete finish
Brian Reed of Marengo works on a 30 foot broom at the corner of First Street and Third Avenue SE to finish a concrete pour. He is employed by Street Construction of Iowa City.
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Brian Reed
Marengo
First Street
Third Avenue SE
Reed
Iowa City
Global Cedar Rapids kickstarts week of global understanding
Global Cedar Rapids launches a weeklong program with Rotary Club luncheon featuring Colin Ransom of Winnipeg noting Rotary’s global reach and postwar role in fostering peace and international exchange. Events include talks at St Pauls UMC, Kirkwood CC, and a Sister City travelogue, with a Soviet reunion at Iowa City Unitarian Church.
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Tom Fruehling
Rotary Club
Global Cedar Rapids Group
Colin Ransom
Rotary
Ransom
Cedar Rapids
Michael Daly
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
United Nations Association
Kirkwood Community College
Global
Life in the Soviet Union shapes Cay Young's lecture notes
Teresa Wiltz reports Cathy Young, author of Growing Up in Moscow, describes her Soviet childhood and the paradox of youth activism. Young, raised in Russia, says Glasnost did little to spark a real student movement and that youth are cynical yet lacking guiding ideals. She spoke at Coe College in Cedar Rapids about pro democracy influences from her musician parents.
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Teresa Wiltz
Cathy Young
Moscow
Coe College
Young
Ekaterina Jung
Cedar Rapids
Soviet Union
Russia
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U of
Peter Nathan
Carolyn Chalmers
Minneapolis
Chalmers
Vietor
Gazette
Todd Mcintur
Winnipeg
Canada
Royal Countie
United Nations
San Diego
Patricia Westphal
Anamosa
St. Luke’s Hospital
John Westphal
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