Pumpkin Art Show highlights Iowa City carvers
Karen Soika of Iowa City posed with peanut character pumpkins at Coralville’s 13th Annual Pumpkin Art and Wood Carving Show held Friday and Saturday. Soika earned honorable mention for her display. Mary Burr of Iowa City carved E T and won third place in the adult division. Lindsee Ziegler and Alene Schlabaugh examined the piece as two Iowa City cousins looked on.
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Karen Soika
Iowa City
Coralville
Soika
Lindsee Ziegler
Alene Schlabaugh
E.T
Mary Burr
Burr
Buena Vista College lauded by New York Times critic
Buena Vista College in Storm Lake Iowa earns a spot on Edward Fisk list of 16 best kept secrets in higher education in Seventeen Magazine. Fisk highlights lesser known colleges as first rate and Buena Vista is the sole Iowa entry among four Midwest schools.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
New York Times
Buena Vista College
Edward Fisk
Seventeen
Fisk
Buena Vista
Iowa College
Midwest
Keith G. Briscoe
Iowa farm ownership shifts toward part-owners and younger farmers
Census figures show Iowa farms trend toward part-ownership with 12 percent more land owners from 1969 to 1978 and 27 percent more farmers under 35. Off-farm work increased while fully owned farms and tenants fell. average farm size rose and land values surged.
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Washington
UPI
Iowa
U.S. Commerce Department
Census Bureau
FiveYearOld Struck By Car On Sixth Street NW
A five year old from southwest Cedar Rapids was seriously injured Saturday after darting into Sixth Street NW and being hit by a car driven by Donald D. Stewart. Stewart, 37, of 427 J Ave NW, was arrested on driving while barred charges and held in Linn County Jail. The child, Christopher G. Smith, was taken to St Luke's Hospital in serious condition.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth Street
Christopher G. Smith
Norman and
Letha Smith
Sixth St
Donald D. Stewart
J Ave. NW
Stewart
Linn
Smith
St. Luke’s Hospital
Vandals Damage Rental Property in Independence
Police report damage valued at 300 to 500 dollars to Larry Miller's rental property at 811 Sixth Ave NE. The incident was reported at 10 p.m. Saturday. Walls were kicked in windows shot out and light fixtures broken. Time of occurrence unknown.
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Independence
Larry Miller
Sixth Ave
Independence Police Department
Four Injured in Three Iowa Road Crashes
Four people sustained injuries in three separate accidents Saturday across Linn, Benton and Buchanan counties. Marie Garwood, 58, and her husband, George, were hurt in a one car crash on County Home Road near Vinton with internal injuries and a fractured knee cap respectively. Sterling Silver, 23, of Central City, suffered possible neck injuries in a Linn County motorcycle crash near Waubeek and was taken to St Luke's Hospital. David J. Flack, 22, of Independence, was injured in a car pickup collision north of Walker and transported by air ambulance to St Luke's.
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Linn
Benton
Buchanan
Vinton
Mercy Hospital
Marie Garwood
George
Benton County
Silver
Central City
Waubeek
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County
Walker
St. Luke’s
Flack
Buchanan County
Cedar Rapids Loses Alley Light Funding Fight
Cedar Rapids cannot finance alley security lighting amid vandalism concerns. Wayne Murdock, public improvements commissioner, cites a street and traffic light bill over a million dollars and proposes residents pay 4.89 dollars monthly plus energy costs to install a light through Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. If six homes share, about five dollars per year per resident.
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Cedar Rapids
Wayne Murdock
Murdock
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
YMCA Volun teer Recognition Banquet Honors Cedar Rapids Central YMCA
The Third Annual Volunteer Recognition banquet at the Roosevelt Hotel honored Cedar Rapids Central YMCA volunteers. Barry Reed and Ken Mussoff awarded 71 volunteers including Volunteer of the Year Wilma Hovland. special leaders honored include Suzanne Barnes Arlen Berkhof Ruth Chipokas Ron Olson Allan Peremsky Michael Ruedy and C R Zieke. The Allick family of Emil's Delicatessen received a special family honor. More than 200 volunteers support Central Y activities annually.
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Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids Central
Ruth Chipokas
Ron E. Olson
Allan C. Peremsky
Michael Ruedy
C.R. Zieke
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Briscoe
Carleton College
Minnesota
Hiram College
Ohio
Washington University
St. Louis
Word of God
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Charles A. Kemp
Fremont
Michigan
Kempf
Bob Jones University
Galilee Baptist Church
Washington Avenue
Larry R. Engle
Gera
Raps
Paramounts
Paramount
3Rd Ave. S.E
Johnson Ave. N.W
1St Ave. N.E
C.R
YMCA
Allick
Emil
Central Y
Oster
G.W
Bill” Orr
Armstrong’s
Orr
Armstrong
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