YMCA board urges pursuing plan for far west side facility
The YMCA Metropolitan Board unanimously backs a 9,400 square foot Stoney Point branch on Cedar Rapids west side. Aimed at 350 to 600 new members immediately, the project could attract 46 percent of growth by 2000 and relieve Ellis branch crowding while adding a gym, running track, exercise room and separate lockers for men and women.
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Ymca Board
J.M. Flansburg Gazette
Ymca Metropolitan Board
Linn County
Ymca Board of Trustees
YMCA
Stoney Point
Cedar Rapids
F Avenue
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Edgewood Road
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Emerald Knights Set July 16 Tourney of Drums Date
Officials of the Emerald Knights Drum and Bugle Corps announce July 16 as the date for their 1983 Tournament of Drums in Kingston Stadium. The event will feature 4 to 6 top Midwestern corps and precede the DCM championships by a week.
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Dean Strom
Kingston Stadium
Midwest
Strom
Rosemont
Ill
Dubuque
Pleasant Valley
Stillwater
Linn County Supervisors Set May 5 Bond Bid For Jail Refinancing
Linn County will decide on May 5 whether to refinance 7.2 million in bonds for the new jail. Bids for 8.255 million in general obligation bonds will be opened at 10 a.m. with public comments to follow, as financial consultants seek rates near 7.5 percent to cut interest costs.
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Linn
Linn County
Joe Rinas
Jean Oxley
Jim Hennessey
Public Financial Systems of
Minneapolis, Minn
Mount Auburn man charged in cocaine conspiracy case
Lyle A. Marter a 31 year old of Mount Auburn was arrested on federal charges in a cocaine import and sales conspiracy. Several men were arrested in Des Moines earlier this month. Marter faces conspiracy and aiding in hindering prosecution. He was arrested in Vinton and appeared before Magistrate James Hodges in Cedar Rapids. An arraignment was set for April 29 in Des Moines. He was released on his own recognizance.
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Lyle A. Marter
Mount Auburn
Des Moines
Marter
Vinton
James Hodges
Cedar Rapids
New Welfare Reporting Rules Create Headaches for Iowa Recipients
Vanessa Shelton reports that monthly income reporting burdens both welfare recipients and Linn County Iowa Department of Social Services workers. A federally mandated procedure expands in October to cover food stamp recipients alongside existing aid.
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Vanessa Shelton
Wtte
Iowa
Linn County Expands AFDC Monthly Reporting Rules
Linn County will require AFDC recipients including those with food stamps to file monthly income and household data. About 1,850 more AFDC food stamp recipients and 1,260 food stamp only recipients will start monthly reports, under 1981 law to curb fraud. DSS workers will train clients and input data. a new computer format could ease workload.
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Linn
Edith Pruismann
Linn Board of Social Services
DSS
Prussmann
Pruismann
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