Eye Surgery Advances at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids is performing two cataract procedures. Intraocular lens implantation replaces thick cataract glasses, while phacoemulsification uses ultrasound to remove soft cataracts, enabling faster recovery and shorter hospital stays. The methodrequires specialized equipment and has a high success rate, with many patients discharged the day after surgery.
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Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Mercy
John A. Puk
Mercy Medical Staff
Puk
United States
Political Calendar highlights Cedar Rapids campaigns
A packed schedule lists candidates for Cedar Rapids safety commissioner and mayor. John Oberthien speaks to Optimist and Executive clubs. Craig J. Hlas campaigns door to door in 36 precincts and attends an IBEW 1362 program. Floyd Bergen posts a series of precinct park visits and coffee events. Stan McClurg and Jules Koefoed also appear at IBEW 1362 events. Ed Colton, Jim Moneypenny, and Richard Meggers schedule talks at IBEW 1362 locations. Today notes Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley is 74.
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John Oberthien
Cedar Rapids
Optimist
Roosevelt Royale
Executive Club
Killian’s
Craig J. Hlas
IBEW
Blairs Ferry Road
Floyd Bergen
Harry A. Billings
Daniels St
Merle Reams
Grant Wood Drive
Bergen
Stan McClurg
McClurg
Jules Koefoed
Tim and Eugene Shea
Northwood Drive
Koefoed
Ed Colton
Ronald Rasmussen
Belvedere Drive
Jim Moneypenny
Ibew 1362
Richard Meggers
Radar locations listed across city roads this week
Radar locations will be checked periodically this week in four quadrants. Northeast districts include First and A avenues, Weing, Center Point and Oakland roads, and 13th Street. Southwest covers Second, 12th, 16th and Wilson avenues, First and C streets and I 380. Southeast lists Mount Vernon Road, Broadlawn and Forest drives, and Third Avenue. Northwest includes Cedar Hills area, B and O, and 12th avenues.
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Weing
Center Point
Oakland Roads
13Th Street
Wilson Avenues
Mount Vernon Road
Broadlawn
Forest Drives
Third Avenue
Cedar Hills
Accountants Volunteer to Audit United Way Pledges
Cedar Rapids chapter of the National Association of Accountants will audit contributions and pledges for this year's United Way campaign. Volunteers should call the community affairs director at 377-4807. Meetings run Tuesdays and Thursdays from Oct 11 to Nov 3 at the United Way building, 712 Third Avenue SE. Thought for Today: The generation which commences a revolution rarely completes it. President Thomas Jefferson.
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Cedar Rapids
National Association of Accountants
United Way
Third Avenue SE
Thomas Jefferson
Kitchin endows music scholarship at Coe College
Joseph H. Kitchin long time Coe College music professor and founder of the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra endows a music scholarship at Coe from proceeds of his 1933 Sanctus Seraphin violin. The $15,000 principal will support music students with preference for violin majors.
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Joseph H. Kitchin
Coe College
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Coe
Kitchin
Winter Park
Fla
Venice
Columbia School
St. Paul
American Symphony
Chicago
Coe Music
Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association
American Federation of Musicians
Municipal Band Commission
Rollins College
Florida Symphony
Orlando
First Kitchin Music Scholarship to be awarded at Coe in January
The Joseph H. Kitchin Music Scholarship will select its initial recipient after interviews and auditions on the Coe College campus in January.
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Joseph H. Kitchin
Coe
Walk Officials Are Announced Walk Officials Are Announced
U S Sen Dick Clark named honorary chairman for the Third Annual United Cerebral Palsy walkathon with Don Kelly as chair. KCRG sponsors include disc jockeys and the Cedar Rapids Comets. The 20 kilometer route starts Kingston Stadium at 9 a m with checkpoints, refreshments, live entertainment, a cookout, and prizes for top fundraisers.
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U.S
Dick Clark
Iowa
United
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