Thanksgiving feast for 830 at Life Investors aims to ease loneliness
Cedar Rapids dentist Duane Schmidt sponsored a free Thanksgiving dinner for senior citizens at Life Investors Co. 4333 Edgewood Rd NE. More than 150 pounds of turkey fed over 830 attendees with help from 430 volunteers. Schmidt hopes next year will be even bigger.
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Life Investors Co
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Dana Pepper
Marion
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Life Investors
Bedell cured of Lyme disease plans to lobby in Washington
U S Rep Berkley Bedell says he is back in robust health after treatment for Lyme disease and will lobby for causes like nuclear arms control and farm program reform. He will not run again for office, misses Congress but plans to work from Washington this winter. He credits Dr Dattwyler of Stony Brook with his recovery after a fall 1985 bite.
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Fred Grandy
Washington
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Stonybrook
N.Y
Lyme Disease
Dattwyler
Dr. Dattwyler
Five win shares in Iowa Lottery Jackpot show
Five players split forty five thousand dollars after the jackpot went unclaimed on the Iowa Lottery Jackpot show. Irene Maynard of Elwood won twenty five thousand dollars and four others from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Sioux City and one more Cedar Rapids player took five thousand each. Deaton served as this week's mystery guest contestant. next week's jackpot rises to 1.4 million with several spins scheduled including a mystery guest.
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Elwood
Steve van Waus
Cedar Rapids
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Carl Huston
Beth Deaton
Sioux City
Deaton
Brian Fleck
Oxford
Solon
Coralville
Barb Schaufenbuel
Luke Juenger
St. Ansgar
Don Wigfield
Eagle Grove
Craig Shambaugh
van Meter
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