Plateau Reached for Cedar Rapids Police Civilians
Cedar Rapids police use civilians for routine tasks such as fingerprinting, dispatching, evidence handling, and records. Chief Wallace Lapeters notes cost savings and efficiency but says no immediate expansion planned due to budgets and training considerations.
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Cedar Rapids
Sun
C.R
Wallace LaPeters
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
LEAA
LaPeters
Cedar Rapids Department
Parkettes
Playtime as Therapy Brightens Hospitalized Children at St Luke’s
At St Luke's Methodist Hospital recreation therapist Barb Ruth coordinates weekly play activities for about 2,400 children. She curates crafts, games, and movies to help kids cope with illness, with sessions held in a remodeled playroom and visits to patient rooms for those unable to leave.
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St. Luke’s Methodist Hospital
Barb Ruth
St. Luke’s
Barb
East Playroom
Nat Hull
Herschel Morgan
Shrine
Dr. Max and
Membo
Wmt-Tv
Inmate Crochets Fashion as Prison Hobby
Colorado inmate Terry Brown nicknamed the Wicked Crochet Hooker crochets hot pants miniskirts and gowns while serving 10 to 18 years for first degree assault. He leads a prison yarn committee that makes items for families during Christmas, and aims to teach crochet upon release.
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Canon City
Colo
Brown
Leavenworth
Kansas
Gil Shackelford
Shackelford
Roosevelt
Rosy” Grier
City considers one way pair for Coe Road and Thirteenth Street
Traffic engineer Mel Meyer presented a citizen committee plan to City Council to convert Coe Road NE to southbound and Thirteenth Street NE to northbound. The proposed one way couplet would extend from First to Third avenues SE. Construction on Thirteenth Street between Second and Third avenues is planned for this summer. Meyer noted Coe Road would need further adjustments to make the plan workable.
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Mel Meyer
Coe Road
Thirteenth Street
First Avenue
Third Avenue
Second
Third Avenues
Meyer
Twelfth Street
Pla
Center Point
Oakland
E Avenue
Center Point Road
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