Weekend arts and outdoors events around Iowa City
A weekend slate features outdoor nature walks at Indian Creek and Rose clinics at Noelridge Park, plus concerts from Center for New Music and Nagoya Odori. Theater offerings include Take a Number Darling and The Dining Room, with varied ticket prices, and multiple university stage performances. An exhibit on Needle Arts runs at Brucemore, and puppet workshops appear at local libraries.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Noelridge Park
Linn County Rose Society
Music Center
Old Creamery
Garrison
McAuley Auditorium
Mount Mercy
Ma Rainey
University of Iowa
Children’s Theatre of
Cedar Rapids
Washington High School
Iowa City
Johnson County
Brucemore
Embroider’s Guild of America
Kenwood
Edgewood
Sue Nylin-Lovik
Mental Health Advocates Plan Seminar and Banquet
Mental Health Advocates of Linn County sponsor a seminar on April 22 at the Sheraton Inn with Mary Moller of Nur-Seminars Inc presenting Assessing Human Behavior The Bio Psycho Social Spiritual Perspective The session runs 1 to 5 p.m and the awards banquet begins at 6 30 p.m with Moller as keynote speaker for dinner The seminar targets therapists social workers counselors educators students nurses clergy and other mental health professionals for registration call 364-6305 between 8 30 a.m and 4 30 p.m weekdays
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Linn County
Sheraton Inn
Mary Moller
Nur- Seminars Inc
Omaha
Moller
Midland Lutheran College
Fremont
Neb
University of Nebraska
Nebraska Nurses Association
Mercy Ministries offers homebound minister training workshop
Mercy Ministries provides a two day training for people serving homebound and nursing home or hospital patients. Sessions run April 24 and 25 at Mercy Spiritual Center. Leaders include Sister Mary Jo Baldus and Rev Gary Krapfl with Rita Tomanek and Sister Emily Devine. Registration with Sister Devine. call 3661489 for details.
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Mercy Ministries
Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Dr. NE
Mary Jo Baldus
Gary Krapfl
Mount Mercy College
Rita Tomanek
Emily Devine
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Cat J. D. Seeks A Home From Linn County Humane Society
A female cat named J. D. is available for 80 dollars through the Linn County Humane Society. She has been dewormed spayed and received her first vaccinations.
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J.D
Linn County Humane Society
Red Cross joins AIDS impact effort
The American Red Cross nationwide launches Working Beyond Fear to inform employers about AIDS impact in the workplace. Washington DC hosts the Tuesday kickoff with a video on prevention. Local support comes from Grant Wood Area Hawkeye Johnson County Cedar Valley PRSA chapters.
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American Red Cross
Washington, D.C
Red Cross
Grant Wood Area
Hawkeye
Johnson County
Cedar Valley
Public Relations Society of America
Tower plans draw health and aesthetic concerns in Cedar Rapids
United States Cellular seeks a 386 foot microwave tower at 3101 Spruce Ave SE to improve car and cellular phones in a multi county region including Waterloo and Iowa City. Neighbors fear health risks and landscape impact and will attend the City Planning Commission meeting. The commission will forward a recommendation to the Board of Adjustment with final say resting there.
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Wocual sNapius
United States Cellular Corp
Spruce Ave
Waterloo
Iowa City
Jim Bradley
Cedar Rapids
Bradley
City Planning Commission
Board of Adjustment
Planning Commission
City Hall
Floyd Bergen
Department of Planning and Redevelopment
Sac and Fox Trail
Pam Nelson-O’neil
Telephone and Data Systems Inc
Madison
Wis
Des Moines
Quad-Cities
Williamsburg lands McStop amid state grant aid rescue
The Iowa Economic Development Commission approved a $40,000 grant to back a $1.24 million water and sewer extension for a McDonald’s McStop at the Williamsburg interchange on I 80. City officials had sought private funds and bonds totaling about $1.21 million. bids were awarded to Anstoetter Construction and Sulzberger Excavating for initial site work.
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Wazell
McDonald’s
McStop
Williamsburg
Stone
McDonald’s Corp
Des Moines
Rebecca Stepp
Council
Anstoetter Construction
Farley
Sulzberger
Muscatine
Signup hours set for road oiling in Linn County
Rural residents may sign up at the County Engineer’s office from 8 to 12 and 12:30 to 4:30 Monday through Friday through May 27. Oil application costs 111 dollars per 150 feet in June or July with 37 dollars per extra 50 feet, paid at signup, with check risk. Calcium chloride dust control uses the same signup period with 105 dollars per 150 feet and 35 dollars per extra 50 feet.
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Linn County
Highway 13
County Home Road
Linn County campgrounds open this weekend
All Linn County Conservation Department campgrounds are open this weekend. Modern campgrounds including Pinicon Ridge Buffalo Creek Squaw Creek and Morgan Creek parks have camping fees 50 cents higher per night than last year. Fees at non modern and pack in campgrounds remain unchanged.
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Linn County Conservation Department
Pinicon Ridge
Buffalo Creek
Squaw Creek
Morgan Creek
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Hancher Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Community Theatre
Seville
Mabie Theatre
Riverside Theatre
Old Brick
Narcotics Anonymous
Blairs Ferry Rd
Council St
Heather Sloman
Woodinazette
Qcadanne
DanidAs
Commission
Thomas Kilpatrick
Palo
Highway 94
Ross Road
Sheriff's Department
Kilpatrick
Norman Neal
Siebke Hoyt Jewelers
Westdale
Vy Ct
Siebke
Siebke Hoyt Stark
Westdale Mall
2Nd Ave
Che
2Nd St
1St Ave
33Rd Ave
6Th Ave
Marion
Dry Creek Ln
Williams Bivd
Matsaryl
Pan
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