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Whittier, Iowa

It is located at the intersections of County Roads X20 and E34 south of Waubeek and west of Viola, at 42.092976N, -91.462973W.


Ackley School District v. Hall

The Independent School District of Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, promises to pay to Foster Brothers, or order at the Hardin County Bank at Eldora, Iowa, on the first day of May, 1872, five hundred dollars for value received, with interest at the rate of ten percent per annum, said interest payable semiannually, on the first day of May and November in each year thereafter at the Hardin County Bank at Eldora, on the presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached

Austin Dillon

On July 11, 2010, Dillon scored his first career NASCAR victory in the Lucas Oil 200 at Iowa Speedway in the Camping World Truck Series and won a Truck Series race in a truck wearing the No. 3 for the first time since Bryan Reffner won for Team Menard in 2000 at Texas Motor Speedway.

Calmar

Calmar, Iowa, United States, a town in Winneshiek County, Iowa

Cellone

One of the few works where it is used is the Sextet in D Major for Two Violins, Viola, Violotta, Cello, and Cellone, Op. 68, by Arnold Krug.

Collegium Musicum Den Haag

l'europe réunie (ORF Edition Alte Musik) Georg Philipp Telemann: Wasser-Ouvertüre in C / Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon & strings RV 566 / Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for harpsichord, 2 recorders, 2 violins, viola & b.c. BWV 1057 / Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto armonico Nr. 5 / Jean-Féry Rebel: Fantaisie

CYCLONE

Do not get this Iowa State machine confused with the Atanasoff–Berry Computer of the late 1930s- Neither John Vincent Atanasoff nor Clifford Berry worked on this machine.

Dan Guerrero

Additionally, the recent hiring of Men's Basketball Coach Steve Alford raised many questions regarding how much vetting was done into Alford's past when it became known to UCLA alumni and fans that Alford had publicly supported former Iowa basketball player Pierre Pierce who was accused of sexual assault and later pled to a lesser charge.

Earl Dew

On January 7, 1941, Iowa native sons Earl Dew and baseball star Bob Feller were honored at ceremonies in the state capital of Des Moines.

Eastern Iowa brass band

In 1991, the band was featured by the Smithsonian Institution in the Festival of American Folklife in Washington D.C. On six occasions EIBB has been invited to present a feature program at the annual convention of the Iowa Bandmasters Association, and recently performed to a sellout crowd at the American School Band Directors Association convention.

Ferner Nuhn

Ferner Nuhn (July 25, 1903—April 15, 1989) was an American author, literary critic, and artist born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of William C. and Anna R. Nuhn.

Frank Viola

Most baseball enthusiasts agree that Viola's best year was 1988, his last full year with the Twins.

Grace Noll Crowell

She was educated at the German-English college in Wilton, Iowa.

Greene, Iowa

Greene is a city in Butler County, Iowa, along the Shell Rock River, and along Butler County's northern border, where Butler and Floyd counties meet.

Henri Casadesus

Casadesus received his early musical instruction with Albert Lavignac and studied viola with Théophile Laforge at the Conservatoire de Paris, taking first prize in 1899.

Herky the Hawk

Native Iowa City artist Charles Reed based his drawing of Herky on two sources: former Hawkeye wrestler Barry Davis and cartoon character Mighty Mouse.

J. Barry Griswell

He has been inducted into the Iowa Business Hall of Fame, is a recipient of the United Way of Central Iowa Alexis de Tocqueville Society award, a 2004 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, a 2004 recipient of the Central Iowa Philanthropic Award for Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, and a 2006 recipient of the Business Committee for the Arts Leadership Award as well as a 2008 recipient of the American for the Arts Corporate Citizenship in the Arts Award.

James Helme Sutcliffe

He received his first musical education (piano, viola and music theory) at Geelong College from George Logie-Smith and later at Melbourne University Conservatorium of Music from Roy Shepherd.

James Weaver

James B. Weaver (1833–1912), United States Representative from Iowa and Presidential candidate

Jan Tausinger

Hukvaldský nonet (Hukvaldy Nonet) for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and double bass (1974)

Jim Nussle

His district was renumbered as the 1st District as a result of the 2000s (decade) round of redistricting, and became even more Democratic with the addition of much of Iowa's share of the Quad Cities.

Joe Lutz

Following his major league career, Lutz coached high school baseball, football and basketball in Argyle, Iowa and Davenport, Iowa, where he led Davenport's baseball to a state championship, and was an athletic coach at Parsons College in Iowa.

John H. Gear

He was elected as a Republican to represent Iowa's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House for the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1891.

John Merlin Powis Smith

While attending college in Iowa, Smith also taught introductory Greek, and after earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893, taught Greek at Cedar Valley Seminary in Osage, Iowa.

John R. Schmidhauser

He served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from southeastern Iowa, defeating incumbent Republican Fred Schwengel in 1964 but losing to Schwengel two years later in 1966, and again in 1968.

Karen T. Taylor

In early 2012, members of the Dubuque County Historical Society and curators at the National Mississippi River Museum asked Taylor to create a 2D facial reconstruction based on the skull of Julien Dubuque, founder of Dubuque, Iowa.

Karl King

He was given a testimonial dinner for 250 people in 1951 at the age of 59 where band world luminaries including Glenn Cliffe Bainum, Albert Austin Harding, Paul V. Yoder, and William H. Santelmann attended (as well as William S. Beardsley, the governor of Iowa).

KCRG

KCRG-TV, a television station (Channel 9 digital/virtual) licensed to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Kent Taylor

Born Louis William Weiss in Nashua in northeastern Iowa, Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases, including I'm No Angel (1933), Cradle Song (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955).

Kesho Y. Scott

She is the author of several books, including The Habit of Surviving, and Tight Spaces (coauthored with Cherry Muhanji and Egyirba High), which was the winner of the 1988 American Book Award, and was also awarded the Christine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women.

Kevin Dresser

Born in Fort Dodge and a native of Humboldt, Iowa, Dresser was a two-time high school wrestling state champion and four time place winner fifth (freshman) and sixth (sophomore) Humboldt High School.

KRUI

KRUI-FM, a radio station (89.7 FM) located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States

KVFD

KVFD-TV, a defunct television station (analog 21 and 50) in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States

Lawrence Power

:: Nikolai Roslavets – Sonata No.1 for viola and piano (1926); completed by Alexander Raskatov

Leo Elthon

Leo Elthon (June 9, 1898, Fertile, Iowa – April 16, 1967, Fertile) was the 32nd Governor of Iowa from November 21, 1954 to January 13, 1955.

Minnesota State Highway 76

Minnesota State Highway 76 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 76 at the Iowa state line (near Eitzen), and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 90 in Pleasant Hill Township near Winona.

Mitch Traphagen

He is currently the publisher and editor of The East Iowa Herald based in Victor, Iowa.

Nad Navillus

Collaborators have included Rob Sullivan (bass), Andy Sullivan (vocals), Suzanne Roberts (violin, viola), Rob Bochnik (guitar), Dylan Posa (guitar), Dudley Colley (guitar), Joss Moorkens (drums, accordion, musical saw), Bill Murphy (drums), Jim Grabowski (keyboards), Dan Sylvester (drums, percussion), Justus Roe (programmed drums), and Keith Hanlon (drums).

National Farmers Organization

However, much of the initial impetus for the NFO’s early growth came from positive comments made by former Iowa Governor Daniel Webster Turner when he was asked about it by the press.

Rivermont Collegiate

These funds were invested in Cambria Place, a magnificent residence designed by a famous architect (who designed the Illinois State Capitol and the Chicago Board of Trade Building), with five acres of land high on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa.

Sándor Jemnitz

Jemnitz: Trio for violin, viola and guitar – Benjamin Hudson (violin); Kim Kashkashian (viola); David Starobin (guitar); A Song from the East, Bridge Classics BDG 9004 (1987); David Starobin Favorite Tracks Vol.

TEOCO

TEOCO was involved in the recent Iowa Utilities Board, and subsequent FCC ruling in Qwest communication's Traffic pumping case.

Tim Clue

His comedy “Leaving Iowa,” first produced at actor Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theatre Company in 2004, ran for over a year to critical acclaim in Chicago.

Tom Carnegie

While living in Waterloo, Iowa, Carnegie would listen to radio broadcasts of a young Ronald Reagan and credits Reagan with being one of his main broadcasting inspirations and influences.

Viola von Cramon-Taubadel

From 1992 to 1993 Viola von Cramon was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and Study visit to Estonia in 1995.

Violence Against Women Act

However, several of them, including Steve King (R-Iowa), Bill Johnson (R-Ohio), Tim Walberg (R-Michigan), Vicky Hartzler (R-Missouri), Keith Rothfus (R-Pennsylvania), and Tim Murphy (R-Pennsylvania), later claimed to have voted in favor of the act.

W.N. Flynt Granite Co.

Many public buildings in Monson and the surrounding communities were constructed of Flynt granite, but the quarry also shipped granite for buildings in Boston, New York, Chicago, and even as far as Kansas and Iowa.

Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!

Side One closes with the long progressive-rock influenced "Whaler", pairing Ronnie Montrose's acoustic guitar alongside Novi Novog's viola.

Waukee High School

Combined with some students from Valley High School, this Girls' Lacrosse Team was the first high-school-age team in Iowa.

Willard L. Boyd

He returned to Iowa in 2002 to serve as interim president, holding the role between 2002 and 2003 until being succeeded by David J. Skorton.


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