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CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids school board member Gary Anhalt died Friday at the age of 74, after devoting decades in the classroom and on the school board.His family said he had been found outside while running his snowblower.Anhalt worked for the Cedar Rapids Community School District for 40 years and spent 30 years as a classroom teacher of science at the former Eisenhour Elementary School and physical education at Grant Wood.Anhalt retired from teaching in 2009 before running for school board.