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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 2005
Page
7
The Gazette invites photographers to submit a photo with their name phone number and address. Entries must be mailed or emailed to Cedar Rapids Iowa postmarked by Friday. Each week one correct entry will win a prize and entries will not be returned.
Last week's contest results feature a view from Calvary Hill in St. Donatus and a Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama. Winner Jim Waite from Cedar Rapids is named as the champion.
Peter Mayhew, the 7 foot 3 inch actor who is best known for Chewbacca in the Star Wars films, is naturalized as a U.S. citizen in Arlington Texas. He joined more than 450 immigrants from 56 countries at the ceremony and joked about holding multiple passports with a Wookiee twist. Mayhew autographed flags and citizenship packets after taking the oath with his wife Angelique nearby.
A collage of today’s birthdays celebrates actor John Lithgow singer Jennifer Holliday Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters actor Jon Favreau and comedian Chris Kattan with notes on Pras Michel Omar Gooding Cyndi Thomson and Benjamin Salisbury in brief.
William Evan Allan aged 106 of Sydney Australia died Monday. He was the last surviving Australian veteran to see action in World War I. David Citino, 58, Columbus Ohio poet laureate at Ohio State University and longtime English professor, died Monday from complications of multiple sclerosis.
Sylvester Stallone plans a sixth Rocky movie titled Rocky Balboa to be shot in Philadelphia and Las Vegas next year. The aging widowed champ will return to boxing to compete, not win, as Stallone and MGM depict a focus on character over sport.
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