Downtown Block Party to Feature Food, Arts and Music
Downtown hosts a Monday block party on Second Street SE with 15 restaurants selling two to three tickets per item, live entertainment, and artist displays. Tickets are 25 cents each, food served 11 am to 2 pm, rain plan shifts to nearby skywalks. Local eateries include Gringos and Cedar Room, with plans for annual events if successful.
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Heather Sloman
Gazete Atart
Greater Downtown
Flame Room
Devin Pipkin
Gringo’s
Gazpacho
Charlie's
Hawkeye Nut
Armstrong
Cedar Room
Dave Driscoll
Little King
Second Street
Second
Fourth Avenues
Community Theatre
Paramount Theatre
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Banc Iowa
Coventry Gardens
Researcher highlights gifted girls facing math anxiety and bias
A study by Kerr and Colangelo analyzes 77 000 top students during 1985 86 showing boys dominate perfect scores across four subjects while girls excel only in English. They argue gifted girls face math fear and lack of continued math study due to social influences and limited emphasis on addressing their needs. Mentors and teachers played key roles in supporting Kerr and others to pursue academics. The scholars urge more research to uncover motivations and effective strategies to keep gifted girls engaged in challenging math and science careers.
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Kerr and Colangelo
Kerr
Colangelo
Geraniums Sustain a Family Through War and Time
Mrs. Tuetken recounts decades of tending geraniums from WWII era to today. She describes wrapping plants in soft cloths then panty hose, hanging bags in the basement, and sharing slips with neighbors. The family, including Wallace and Susie, remains involved as seasons pass and memories linger.
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Wallace
Susie
Mrs. Tuetken
Mrs.Tuetken
Iowa caucus polls hint voters favor compromise over purity
The Iowa Democratic Party will sample Towans opinions from private polls since 1986. Key findings show 83 percent favor raising taxes to cut the deficit, 83 percent back defense cuts, 47 percent support abortion laws, 46 percent oppose tariff reductions on Japanese imports, and 35 percent oppose a farmer production referendum.
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Towans
WMIX
Boston
Training program boosts hands on fire safety courses
A training center expands offerings across three classroom and two hands on courses focusing on toxicology chemistry and physics of substances. New modules cover personal protective equipment spill response and chlorine room simulations while instructors emphasize safety first.
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Feil
Rockwell
Gazette
KCRG
Kirkwood
Byways mystery prompts reader notes in West Branch Times
West Branch Times editor David Johnson seeks help after a reader questions a 1937 retirement item for Hazel Barnes. A reader links Hazel to Whetstone’s cafe and WWII era switchboard work, recalling kittenball and a 10 cent Coke, while reporter Don Magdefrau abandons a computer for a manual typewriter in his weekly column.
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West Branch Times
David Johnson
Joan Marks Hoover
Hazel Barnes
Johnson
Hoover
Barnes
West Branch
Iowa City
Hazel
Washington Streets
Whetstone’s
the Switchboard
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Atter
Pam
Rick
Sam
Shock Hock
Mon Ec
Channel
Iowa
the Gazette
Stone
Barry Goldwater
George McGovern
Democratic Party
Don Magdefrau
Elher
Belle Plaine Union
Estdale Mall
Westdale Mall
Glandorf
Wilson Ave
Highway 151
Edgewood Rd
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