Cedar Rapids Area News Digest Oct 15 17 Highlights
Oct 15 events include KGAN tower spray incident and Byers & Happel Iowa Realty merger talk. St Luke's SurgiCare Center wing opens as outpatient procedures surge. Space shuttle Challenger veteran Dale Gardner visits Clinton IA. KCRG TV first broadcast as KCRI with Jane Harvey. Oct 16 17 notes Grant Wood decor at Chamber dining room. Oct 17 local merchants extend Dollar Days amid busy downtown shops. obituary Auraunah Walradt at 92. City water plant report shows 3304 taps with 800 metered and planned meter rollout. Community notices list local fundraisers and church suppers across Cedar Rapids area.
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KGAN
Channel 2
Rockwell-Collins
Bob Burns
Rockwell
Cedar Rapids
Byers
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s
Sam Wallace
Dale Gardner
Savanna, Ill
Iowa
Clinton
Gardner
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Kcri-Tv
Jane Harvey
Miller
First Avenue
First Street
ABC
John Daly
The
Bertram Road
Dick Yoakam
KCRG
Yoakam
Des Moines Weather Bureau
John Hamilton
Local fall fairs and craft fairs listed for weekend events
Multiple community events listed across areas including Cedar Rapids Lisbon Shueyville and Marion. Activities include bake sales crafts lunches raffles auctions and concerts with venues such as Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church Keystone Legion Hall UNI-Dome and Cedar Rapids Public Library.
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Holy Redeemer Lutheran Church
Keystone
Keystone Legion Hall
Lisbon
Lisbon United Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
Hope Lutheran Church
Bowling St
SERRY
Cedar Falls
Uni-Dome
Shueyville
Shueyville United Methodist Church
Unity Center
Blairs Ferry Rd
American Sewing Guild
Bridge club results and schedules for Cedar Rapids area clubs
Week ending Oct 9 reports results from Cedar Rapids Bridge Studio Four Oaks Bridge and Happy Bridge Club with names of winners across Howell Movement North-South and East-West, plus club locations and director contact details. Additional notes cover Marion and Bob's Club and Friendly Hands sessions with winners in multiple events.
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Cedar Rapids Bridge
Four Oaks Bridge
First Ave
Roger Welty
Howell
Phil Amell
Barbara Skogman
Jim Boardman Sr
Mary Ann Boardman
Jack Falat
Jim Boardman Jr
Doris Wilcox
Jay Hesser
Jim Pettit
Rosemary Elchlepp
Allethina Harker
Mary Mullin
Kenny Burbach
Marion Engel
Fran Roe
Nancy Hughes
Gretchen Stuhr
Charles Raines
Diane Roush
Greg Slager
Joe Rinas
Immaculate Conception
Third Ave
Ivah Water
Dorris Hotchkiss
Bruno Rinas
John Schmidt
Larry Taylor
Jo Verbick
Mary Bergum
Marion Club
Kenwood Park Presbyterian Church
35Th St
Ivah
Mitchell
Gary Burbach
Mike Rowray
John
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Grant Wood
C.R. Chamber
Iowa Realty
NASA
Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Memorial Building
Y Grant Wood
Wood
A.L. Smulekoff
Smulekoff
Auraunah Walradt
Cooperstown
N.Y
Walradt
James Fenimore Cooper
George Greene
Mount Mercy College
Walract
Greene
Marion
Charles J. Fox
Fox
Jim de Long
Gazette Files
Salem United Methodist Church
First Ave. St
Earlville
Earlville United Parish
N. West St
Shellsburg
Zion Lutheran Church
Thrivent
Hazleton
St. Mary’s Church
SOLON
Solon American Legion and Auxiliary
Troy Mills
Troy Mills American Legion
Center Point
LJL Hall
Main Street
Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine Community Center
Belle Plaine Historical Society
Modern Woodmen of America
China
Toddville
Wickiup Hill
Marlene Ehresman
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Caroleena
Beems
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Carol Taylor
Patchwork Puppet Theater
Des Moines
McLeod/Busse IMAX Dome Theatre
Marion Heritage Center
10Th St
Milwaukee Railroad
Central City
Central City Mainstreet Chorus
United Church of Christ
Fifth Street
Commercial Avenue
Rock Island
Ill
Bethany Lutheran Church
Forest Dr. SE
Phil Arnell
Gazette
Iowa City
Canteburykitchens.com
Rgb
Hotograpphy
US. Cellular Center & Gazette
U.S. Cellular Center
Pacu
Aia American Family Agents
Daryl Braun
7Th Ave
Terra Braun-Heaton
Aoelican Femiy Mutual Insurance Company
Modivon
Arotoen
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