Ground Zero vigil begins Saturday at 1 p m
Ground Zero Week opens with a 24 hour vigil in Greene Square park led by Joyce Nelson and Toni Pickering. Speakers include David Osterberg and a Physicians for Social Responsibility representative. St Patrick's Church members join for prayer and discussion.
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Greene Square Park
Ground Zero
Joyce Nelson
Toni Pickering
David Osterberg
Cornell College
Physicians For Social Responsibility
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Mount Mercy Drama Club
Guilty verdict in Linn County sexual abuse case
A Linn County District Court jury found Lucious C. Prince guilty of second degree sexual abuse of an 11 year old girl after about two hours of deliberation following a Monday start to the trial. Prince was arrested last December at his residence.
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Linn
Lucious C. Prince
Prince
North Towne Lane
Denver Dillard
Controversy erupts after raccoon distemper call at city shelter
City animal shelter staff handled 22 March calls about sick raccoons all with distemper. Acting Animal Warden Sarah Dravis says she encountered a distressed raccoon under a car, used a club and a snare to subdue it, then had the animal euthanized after shelter care. She defends her actions saying no choking occurred and a safer method is sought.
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City Animal Shelter
Sarah Dravis
Danny Hopfensperger
Third Ave. SE
Don Canney
Animal Shelter
The
Gazette
Dravis
Chris Heath
Chris
Brammer urges labor business cooperation in Iowa race
Democratic candidate Phil Brammer for the 50th District state representative seat told members of Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 110 at the Higley Building that labor and business must cooperate to face unemployment and state income issues. He, 50, is an insurance broker president and resident of 1315 Oakland Road NE.
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Higley
Local 110
Phil Brammer
Iowa
Brammer
Oakland Road
Optimist Oratorical Winners Named From Cedar Rapids
Michael Wild, 15, of 1112 Elmhurst Drive NE and Theresa Sharpe, 15, Route 4, Cedar Rapids, won the Optimist Oratorical Contest on Wednesday evening. Seven contestants from six local clubs spoke on You and I and Tomorrow. They advance to the Iowa District contest in Newton May 7 and 8 for a $700 scholarship prize.
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Michael Wild
Elmhurst Drive
Theresa Sharpe
Cedar Rapids
Theresa
Iowa
Newton
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Riowa
Coe College
Floyd Sandford
Linda Coleman
Iowa City
Physicians, For Social Responsibility
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Grant Wood Area
Linn County
Dillard
Mark Meyer
Meyer
Mark Twain
Samuel Clemens
Quaker Oats Union
Sharpe
Sunrise Club
Ambroz Recreation Center
Queen
Lesa
Queen Casuals
Glass Rd
Thirty-Second
Oakland Rd
Montgomery
Union
Avco Financial Services
Vamco Financial Services
First Avenue
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