Cedar Rapids Spring Market Opens and Picket Tensions
The Cedar Rapids City Market begins May 2 at Riverside Roundhouse with 40 stalls offering plants, produce, crafts and baked goods. Marion Market runs May 16 to Oct 10 in Thomas Park. Pro-life groups plan demonstrations at Planned Parenthood offices through Friday amid debate over abortion statistics and prenatal care claims.
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Cedar Rapids
Riverside Roundhouse
Planned Parenthood
Iowa
Second Ave
Fran Hansen
Pro-Life
Iowa City
Hansen
Iowa Coalition For Traditional Values
Linn
Right To Life
Defenders For Life
Crime Victims Rights Conference in Iowa Saturday
The Iowa Organization for Victim Assistance hosts the 1992 Iowa Crime Victims Rights Conference on Saturday at Kirkwood Community College Iowa Hall from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Victims and survivors attend free. professionals pay 35 dollars including lunch. A pre conference candlelight vigil honors lives affected by violence Friday at 8 p.m. at Greene Square Park with a rain backup to Peoples Church.
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Iowa Organization For Victim Assistance
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Hall
Greene Square Park
Peoples Church
Third Ave. SE
Needle Arts Exhibit at Brucemore Debuts This Week
The Cedar Valley Chapter of the Embroiderers Guild of America presents Needle Arts at Brucemore a biennial exhibit at 2160 Linden Dr SE. The display features needlepoint drawn thread hemstitching hardanger and Czech embroidery with guild members offering demonstrations. Hours are 10 am to 3 pm Thursday through Saturday and 12 pm to 4 pm Sunday with admission 4.50 at the door.
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Brucemore
Cedar Valley
The
Embroiderers Guild of America
Linden Dr. SE
Iowa seeks policies to aid disabled Iowans access devices
The Iowa Program for Assistive Technology and the Institute for Social and Economic Development solicit input on policies and procedures that block disabled Iowans from needed devices or services. Call 356-4391 or 1 800 348 7193 weekdays 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m. Messages available after hours.
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Iowa Program For Assistive Technology
The
Institute For Social and Economic Development
Harassment trial closes as Cedar Rapids police officer case ends
Former Cedar Rapids police officer Dalaine Bartelme testifies that she faced isolation and hostile conduct during four years on the force. Judge Swailes asks for written arguments by May 4 and expects a ruling by month’s end after retracing testimony from Bartelme and Assistant Chief Richard Stephens.
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Tom Fruehling
Jazette
Cedar Rapids
Dalaine Gregerson
Bartelme
Linn
Harold Swailes
Swailes
Richard Stephens
NAACP official raises Illinois plates issue in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids NAACP president McKenzy Wilson warns that drivers with Illinois plates may face indiscriminate stops on the southeast side. He writes Chief Bud Byrne urging restraint to avoid racial tension amid recent narcotics raids and a Chicago connection probe. Byrne says no evidence of targeting is found and will check the concern.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Illinois
Bud Byrne
McKenzy Wilson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilson
the Gazette
Byrne
Chicago
Larry Greco
NAACP
Panel on teenage sexuality at St Michael's Church
Eight audience members heard four START panelists aged 16 to 17 discuss teens and sex. The group argued that teens may have sex by senior year and stressed love and peer influence, criticizing pure abstinence messages in schools. The event is part of Let’s Talk Month with a later session on AIDS overview for parents and teens at St Luke's Schwartz Center.
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Kurt Rogahn
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Linda
START
Planned Parenthood
Ashley
Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition
Schwartz Center
St. Luke’s Hospital
Rapids Aids Project
Linn-Mar weighs busing sharing with Marion Independent
Linn-Mar school board considers a busing sharing agreement for next year after Marion Independent trims its routes. The board also approved continuing contracts for 1992-93 with details on base salary, health insurance, and a 4.93 percent total package increase. Satellite Shelters won a bid for a two-room portable at Novak Elementary with added setup costs. A 4.7 percent package for Secretarial and Educational Assistants Association was approved.
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wecOllewort Eopwrm
Linn-Mar
Marion Independent
David de Walle
Marion
Linn-Mar Education Association
DeWalle
Minneapolis
Novak Elementary
Secretarial and Educational Assistants Association
Bond defeat cited by voters opposition to Linn Mar measure
A telephone survey by Frank N. Magid Associates for Linn Mar school officials found that voters who opposed the December 5.9 million bond cited factors including repackaging of a May 1991 failure, open Marion school buildings, and higher taxes. The results suggest a desire for district merger and critique of board credibility and planning.
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Kevin Kaneepple
Frank N. Magid Associates Inc
Linn- Mar
Linn-Mar
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Crime Victim Conference
Todd McIntor
Crandic Railroad
Marion Square Plaza
City Square Park
Paul Draper
South 11Th Street
Draper
Coonrod Wrecker Service
Stephens
County Sheriffs Department
Metro Narcotics Task Force
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