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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2005
Page
39
Tipton native Cheyanne Boddicker joins Iowa Idol finalist at the University of Iowa Welcome Block Party. Several hundred students gather for music free food and drinks a Hawkeyes season passes raffle and Greek Week Follies skits at the president's house event.
Margaret Wrage of Cedar Rapids won the lutefisk eating contest at Nordic Days in Decorah on July 30. Participants included Brian Rodecap of Pascog Reed Flathmann of Lino Lakes and Kyle Wegmann of Edgewood. Wegmann previously placed third and had never tried lutefisk before, saying it wasn’t that bad.
Two Johnson County seniors Dr. Howard Cowen and Rev. Bob Welsh were named delegates to the White House Conference on Aging in Washington in December. They will attend the Johnson County AARP forum at 2 p.m. Monday at the Iowa City Senior Center to hear concerns and report back on aging policy priorities.
Community Editor Diana Nollen at The Gazette invites readers to submit photos of social and charitable events. Include event description date location attendance and fundraising details if any. Pictured individuals must be identified with full names and cities of residence.
Cedar Rapids Roosevelt High School Class of 1940 organizers met June 16 at Pizza Village & Brewery Cedar Rapids. Members Kathryn Roberts Mills Virginia Hillmer Young Karl Newport Delores Newport Lenora Jelinek Watson and Leta Blochlinger Wall, all of Cedar Rapids, hosted with 18 of 29 attendees being classmates. Attendees traveled from California Texas Colorado and Cedar Rapids to attend.
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