CF honors artists in "Walk of Fame"

Cedar Falls is hosting the latest addition to the state’s only Walk of Famefor the Arts on Saturday. Community Mainstreet executive director CarieUchner says the sixth person to be honored is Tom Pardoe, a 1982 CedarFalls High School graduate. He went on to appear in many Broadwayperformances. Pardoe will be giving a performace on Saturday night as partof the festivities.Past “Names on Main” members include: actress Anabeth Gish, novelist NancyPrice, artist Gary Kelley, cartoonist Jack Bender, and entertainer BonnieKoloc . The events get underway on Saturday night in Cedar Falls………………………………………………………………….A fireworks show that’s billed as one of the most spectacular ever seen inIowa will be launched tonight in the Amana area of eastern Iowa. Organizerssay the display will cost 100-thousand dollars to set off, and it promisesto be a real blast.Steve McKain owns the Amana R-V Park, which is co-sponsoring the fireworksshow along with J-and-M Displays, which hosted a convention in Amana thisweek of pyrotechnics experts. McKain couldn’t estimate how large the crowdwould be, but he expects hundreds, likely thousands, of spectators.McKain says the fireworks should get underway just after dusk and there ISan admission charge to be close to the action.