Workers with D.W. Zinser Company are demolishing the food-damaged Time Check Recreation Center on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Following are gardening and eco-events scheduled for February 2012 in Eastern Iowa: Wed., Feb. 1, 10 a.m., REAL Walk: Hughes Nursery Museum Tour; Indian Creek Nature Center gives you a unique opportunity to go back to the early 1900’s when a local business began. Tour the ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — As Del Block and Dale Siems grew up in Franklin County, they were well aware of the family resemblance. They just thought, as cousins, genetics had played a trick on them. "We each grew up about ten miles from Hampton," says Dale who ...
CEDAR RAPIDS -- Bowl for Kids’ Sake, the largest annual fundraising event for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids and East Central Iowa, runs Jan, 19 through Feb. 16, 2012, at the Cedar Rapids Bowling Center. Bowl For Kids’ Sake is Big Brothers Big Sisters’ ...
CEDAR RAPIDS - One of the buildings on the “most endangered properties” list in Cedar Rapids also has made the statewide listing. The People’s Bank and Trust Building, known as the Louis Sullivan Bank, 101 Third Ave. SW, was named to the 2012 Most Endangered Properties ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — As if ghosts of nurses past, they show up at a funeral to pay their last respects to a deceased comrade. As they stand guard over a casket, they wear traditional white uniforms and shoes, the Navy blue and gold capes of old, ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia., - Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cedar Rapids & East Central Iowa has designated Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 as “Bring Your Little to Work Day.” Coinciding with National Mentoring Month, the special day invites mentees to join their mentors at work to ...
The following is from Deb Engmark of Brucemore, the Indian Creek Nature Center and Linn County Master Gardeners: For many Midwest gardeners, January is a time to dream about the beautiful gardens to be sown while poring over the daily arrivals of seed catalogs. The month ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — The golden candle flame licks at the rose-colored plastic spoon under the watchful eye of Carl Ohrt as he performs his magic, transforming four dozen simple spoons into a life-size rose. "You get people who pick them up," Carl says, "and look at ...
CEDAR RAPIDS — In the front row, Gerry Burian, 78, (right) rings her yellow bells with a definite purpose each time a yellow oval shows up on the flash card. Bessie Beauregard, 85, seated next to her watches for turquoise ovals while Bruce Mesplay, 54, rings ...
