City and County Schedule and Cultural Events for Cedar Rapids Area
The April 15 1996 calendar lists Linn County Board of Supervisors sessions and interviews at the Administrative Office Building. Cedar Rapids and Linn-Mar school board meetings. various mayoral events. concerts at University of Iowa Clapp Recital Hall and King Chapel at Cornell College. lectures at The History Center Beems Auditorium and The Forum Grinnell College. theater and readings at Coe College. plus CITYLINE Calendar details and contact numbers for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Cedar Rapids Mayor Lee Clancey’s tentative day includes a public arts event, budget meeting, and a Des Moines meeting. Music events include Trio Fontenay Beethoven recital and a Concerto concert. History, theater, and lectures feature works on Opera Houses of Iowa, Susan Glaspell, and urban bachelorhood studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar Community School Board
Linn County Zoning Commission
Alburnett Community School Board
Toddville
Springville
College Community School Board
Prairie High School
Lee Clancey
Iowa
Gordon Urquhart
Cornell Economics and Business
Hedges
the Commons
Cornell College
Lottery results and upcoming jackpots
Evening pick 3 numbers 6 7 6 and pick 4 5 9 5 6. Powerball 29 with jackpot 21 million. no winner. Wednesday jackpot 29 million. Super Cash Lotto 10 11 20 22 26 28. $100000 prize. no winner. Wednesday jackpot 1.875 million. CityLine numbers 363-7000 or 337-7000 category 2900.
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Cityline
Vital Statistics St Luke’s April 13 2005 Marriages and Dissolutions
Vital records list new births at St Luke’s on April 13 and 14 2005 including Amy and Charles Blades Susan Harrs and Bart Harrs Christine Boline and Paul Boline and Julie Light and William Light. The dissolution notices include nine marriages ending in divorce between disparate couples across Iowa.
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Amy and
Charles Blades
Ave
Christine
Paul Boline
Toddville
Susan
Bart Harrs
Wyoming
Iowa
Julie
William Light
Lisbon
Jennifer L
Bobby D. Blackwell
Mark E
Beverly A. Witmer
Deloris M
Clifford L. Grother
Janice K
Amin A. Faris
James L
Rosemary L. Booth
Shirley A
David L. Burnett
Jennifer D
David H. Currant
Duane
Drunken Driving Charges Listed In The Log
Public safety update lists drunken driving arrestees Joshua Randall 23 Princeton and Jessica Riccobono 20 Iowa City with arrest times and locations. Fire log notes include a 2:12 p.m. spill at Kwik Shop and a 8:04 a.m. dryer fire at Quaker Oats with a 5:48 p.m. grass fire on Sunday.
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Joshua D. Randall
Princeton
Clinton and
Burlington Streets
Iowa City
Jessica M. Riccobono
N. Johnson St
South Johnson Street
Center Point Rd
Worthington Dr
Second St
Oelwein Voters Consider 4.2 Million School Referendum
In northeast Iowa the Oelwein school plan seeks a 4.2 million referendum to build a 600 seat auditorium and add media centers and classrooms. Opponents cite higher property taxes while supporters note community access and improved facilities for 1,600 students.
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Oelwein
Hamann
Vic Miller
Miller
Mediapolis
Burlington
Bill Newman
Mount Vernon seeks new city council seat
A special election will Tuesday to fill the Mount Vernon City Council vacancy left by Alan Griffith with candidates James Moore Carol Rhoads and Abbi Swanson. Polls run 7 am to 8 pm at City Hall for north precinct residents and St John’s Church for south precinct voters.
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Tony
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Linn-Mar Malls Moves to Trim Budget Deficit
Linn-Mar school district faces a growing deficit as of June 30 1995 with a 462709 shortfall and plans to cut costs. The district has added 583 students and 36 teachers in three years and has borrowed 150000 and 500000 this year to cover expenses. Superintendent Joe Pacha seeks board approval for measures to restore solvency and target a 5 percent positive balance by July 1999.
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Becky Stover
Linn-Mar
Dave DeWalle
Joe Pacha
Rough Conditions Faced Surveyors in 19th Century Campaign
The narrative recalls arduous days for surveyors and crews starting at dawn and ending after sunset. They endured miles of travel to camp, minimal rations, and occasional bee honey. Cyrus Carpenter, later Iowa governor, took over a contract amid earlier quitters and faced mosquitos and prairie fire smoke that hampered line running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus Carpenter
Iowa
Emmet
Kossuth
Carpenter
Early Iowa survey notes praise Cedar River site for town
In 1841 survey notes by Whiteside and Campbell describe Cedar River township as high dry and rolling with timber and prairie. Cedar River rapids offer water power for manufacturing and a prime riverfront town site. The speaker notes surveyors pursued Iowa work despite modest pay, as frontiersmen and explorers.
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Cedar Rapids
H.E. Whiteside
Jas. B. Campbell
Cedar River
Palo voters choose among three for city council seat
Palo voters may select from incumbent Joan Langguth former council member Odie Woods and newcomer Denise Burgin in a special election Tuesday polls open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Palo Community Center Langguth served since January to fill a vacancy Woods has prior council and mayorship history Burgin runs on new ideas and community service plans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie
Langguth
Odie Woods
Denise Burgin
Palo Cooperative Telephone Association
Woods
Pale Council
Bob Pew
Pew
Jim West
Burgin
Palo Council
Cedar Rapids
The
Palo Jaycees
Staffers join Linn County Historical Society
The Linn County Historical Society announces two new staff members Victoria Lock and Karen Swindler. Lock becomes curator of exhibits and collections managing planning mounting and evaluation for accreditation. Swindler serves as education coordinator developing programs and coordinating volunteers at the History Center in Linn County.
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The
Linn County Historical Society
Victoria Lock
Karen Swindler
Lock
Heritage Museum
Johnson County Historical Society
Old Capitol Museum
Iowa City
Amana Heritage Society
Amana Colonies
Swindler
Catholic Worker House
St. Thomas More Catholic Worker House
St. Luke’s Hospital
Mount Mercy College
History Center
Linn County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Notebook
Teleus
Opera Houses of
Elizabeth Young
Noon
the History Center
Carl van Vechten
Kathryn McKay
Beems Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Trifles
Daehler-Kitchin
Coe College
UNI English
Barbara Lounsberry
Davenport
Susan Glaspell
Illinois Lottery
ST. Luke's
Gazette
Johnson and Linn
Johnson County
Rita Seymour
Becky Hamann
Lucas
Eldon Pyle
Pyle
Laurie Shrivan
Gazette Intern
Gordon Cornelius
Oneida
Wis
University of Iowa
Cornelius
Bruce Cornelius
Derrick King
Rhoads
Moore
Abbi Swanson
James Moore
Carol Rhoads
Linn-Mar Malls
Bellow
Palo
Linn Society
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