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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 2007

Page

33

Veterans Day reflections and a call to gratitude

A reader recalls enlisting in 1995 after a National Guard recruiter visited in 1994. He served without combat, thanks soldiers for their risks, and urges others to honor veterans daily despite personal political views. He hopes for renewed freedom won through service.

National Guard Kuwait Saudi Arabia AIT Iowa

Spirit of the Season seeks Eastern Iowa holiday light groups

The Gazette invites readers to submit charitable efforts and holiday lighting displays in Eastern Iowa. Send items by Dec 7 with addresses and brief descriptions to Spirit of the Season at The Gazette or Iowa City newsroom, or share photos at GazetteOnline.com slash holidaylights.

Iowa Community Gazettecommunications.com Spirit of the Season The Gazette P.O Cedar Rapids Iowa City S. Clinton St P.O. Box Gazettecommunications. Com GazetteOnline.com

Iowa All State Festival Concert Tonight at Hilton Coliseum

The 61st Iowa All-State festival concert unfolds tonight at 7:30 PM in the Hilton Coliseum Ames with live television on Iowa Public Television at 6:30 PM November 22 4 PM November 25 and 9 PM December 25. Linn County students are listed for this year's lineup with back and front row participants across bands including clarinet trumpet saxophone French horn bassoon and percussion.

Iowa Hilton Coliseum Iowa State Center Ames Iowa Public Television Linn County Washington Cedar Rapids Roland Hart David Clair Andrew Perez Wesley Keene Jon Snell Justin Comer Katie Siebels Kate Baustian Stella Hart Madeline Young Elizabeth Smith

A Friend Indeed Bill Sackter Story gains private screening

Iowa City filmmaker Lane Wyrick spent six years crafting a 90 minute documentary about Bill Sackter, a lifelong Iowans’ advocate who spent 44 years in a Minnesota mental hospital. The film uses Sackter’s smile harmonica and coffee to redefine how society views disabled people and aims for a public premiere in Iowa City next year.

Erika Binegar Ine Iowa City Lane Wyrick Bill Sackter Sackter Bill Wyrick Dream Foundation Faribault Minn Minneapolis Barry Morrow Morrow Tom Walz University of Iowa School of Social Work Walz

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