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camping PALISADES-KEPLER STATE PARK U.S. 30 3 1/2 miles west of Mt. Vernon Two week camping, cabins ($10 a day, $50 a week), showers, boating, fishing, hiking. Forested bluffs along the Iowa River, rapids and caves. A fine park. CORN STATE RAMBLERS Contact Kenneth Miles, Coralville. Camping all year round, pot luck supper meetings and slides of vacation periods. GLOWING EMBERS CAMPING GROUP Family camping, weekend outings once a month from April to October. Pot luck suppers during the winter. Contact Lloyd Metzler, president, for more information. 338-0369 MOUNTAINEERS ASSOCIATION "Go camping, hiking and mountaineering. Weekends in Illinois and Mississippi Palacades hikes on Sunday 5 to 8 miles- then cookout at spot. Sometimes to Amana Colonies for meeting. Summer 2 week long trip to Canada, Wyoming, and Colorado. Foreign trips to Peru- 4 weeks. Membership fee $3.50. ************ ICE SKATING City Park and Mercer Park from about December 20 until February 15. Rinks supervised and shelter s open during the following hours: vacation days and Saturdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-9:30 p.m. holidays and Sundays 1-9:30 p.m. school days 4-9:30 p.m. TENNIS COURTS New ones in City Park, decent ones on Melrose behind the gymnasium, lousy ones across from University library. [[map text]] Keokuk/hiway 218 Mississippi R. lower quarry upper quarry parking Geodes all along this area. [[end map text]] GEODE HUNTING The area around Keokuk is loaded with geodes (hollow rocks with crystalline centers--very beautiful). Here's just one place you might go, especially in the early spring, when rain and melting snow exposes them. LATE INFO DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City 353-5905 356-1616 (emergency) An "indespensable aid in medical teaching and research." Send or call for their fully detailed brochure "The Deeded Body Program." CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY 920 S. Capitol St. Iowa City 338-9705 Carries kerosene, gasoline (regular and ethyl), LP gas, fuel oils, fertilizer, feeds, and grain. Prices are the same for members and non-members. HOW TO TRAVEL CHEAPLY BY CAR WITHOUT OWNING ONE Some agencies specialize in getting automobiles (mostly new cars) from one part of the country to another. Look in the transportation and personal sections of large city newspapers (around Iowa City that would be Cedar Rapids and Des Moines). You can get a car to drive, plus a fill-up of gas (and sometimes a gas allowance). You have to pay the rest of the gas and your own food expenses yourself. OR:Check the ride board in the Union. Especially around holiday time, students who are going home or on vacation need help driving and sharing expenses. PAGE 41
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camping PALISADES-KEPLER STATE PARK U.S. 30 3 1/2 miles west of Mt. Vernon Two week camping, cabins ($10 a day, $50 a week), showers, boating, fishing, hiking. Forested bluffs along the Iowa River, rapids and caves. A fine park. CORN STATE RAMBLERS Contact Kenneth Miles, Coralville. Camping all year round, pot luck supper meetings and slides of vacation periods. GLOWING EMBERS CAMPING GROUP Family camping, weekend outings once a month from April to October. Pot luck suppers during the winter. Contact Lloyd Metzler, president, for more information. 338-0369 MOUNTAINEERS ASSOCIATION "Go camping, hiking and mountaineering. Weekends in Illinois and Mississippi Palacades hikes on Sunday 5 to 8 miles- then cookout at spot. Sometimes to Amana Colonies for meeting. Summer 2 week long trip to Canada, Wyoming, and Colorado. Foreign trips to Peru- 4 weeks. Membership fee $3.50. ************ ICE SKATING City Park and Mercer Park from about December 20 until February 15. Rinks supervised and shelter s open during the following hours: vacation days and Saturdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-9:30 p.m. holidays and Sundays 1-9:30 p.m. school days 4-9:30 p.m. TENNIS COURTS New ones in City Park, decent ones on Melrose behind the gymnasium, lousy ones across from University library. [[map text]] Keokuk/hiway 218 Mississippi R. lower quarry upper quarry parking Geodes all along this area. [[end map text]] GEODE HUNTING The area around Keokuk is loaded with geodes (hollow rocks with crystalline centers--very beautiful). Here's just one place you might go, especially in the early spring, when rain and melting snow exposes them. LATE INFO DONATE YOUR BODY TO SCIENCE University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City 353-5905 356-1616 (emergency) An "indespensable aid in medical teaching and research." Send or call for their fully detailed brochure "The Deeded Body Program." CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE SOCIETY 920 S. Capitol St. Iowa City 338-9705 Carries kerosene, gasoline (regular and ethyl), LP gas, fuel oils, fertilizer, feeds, and grain. Prices are the same for members and non-members. HOW TO TRAVEL CHEAPLY BY CAR WITHOUT OWNING ONE Some agencies specialize in getting automobiles (mostly new cars) from one part of the country to another. Look in the transportation and personal sections of large city newspapers (around Iowa City that would be Cedar Rapids and Des Moines). You can get a car to drive, plus a fill-up of gas (and sometimes a gas allowance). You have to pay the rest of the gas and your own food expenses yourself. OR:Check the ride board in the Union. Especially around holiday time, students who are going home or on vacation need help driving and sharing expenses. PAGE 41
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