Parks Begin Spring Openings in Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids prepares for spring and summer visitors with Ellis Park Bever Zoo and other sites opening on Saturday. Park hours run 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. restrooms open 7 a.m. daily. Bever, Ellis, Noelridge and Jones parks extend to 10 p.m. Bever Zoo hours vary by location. Seminole Valley and Robins Lake campgrounds wait for flood recede and road repairs. A Cedar Rapids Garden Club project installed identification plates on about 15 trees with plantings identified last summer.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Wathan
Ellis Park
Bever Zoo
Bever, Ellis, Noelridge and
Jones Parks
Bever Park Zoo
Old McDonald's Farm
Seminole Valley Park
Robins Lake
David Kramer
Barbara Purdie
Brucemore
Charlotte Pence
Cedar Rapids Garden Club
Linn-Mar to Expand Summer School With Adults Welcome
Linn-Mar Community district will add a beefed up summer program supervised by Assistant Superintendent Harold Hulleman. New classes include creative dramatics field biology ecology photography keyboarding and typing with adults eligible for photography keyboarding and typing. Many courses run June 6 to July 1 with fees from 25 to 50 dollars and applications due May 5.
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Linn-Mar
Harold Hulleman
Linn- Mar
Ested
Hulleman
Marion P E Teacher Collapses During School Basketball Game
Novak Elementary School physical education instructor Robert Stephens, 51, of Marion, collapsed at a noon game with students. He was airlifted to St Luke’s Hospital in critical condition with severe headache and chest pains.
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Novak
St. Luke’s Hospital
Robert Stephens
Alburnett Road
Marion
George Evans
Stephens
Linn gifts 5500 to HACAP for energy counselor salary
Linn County Supervisors approve 5500 from federal revenue sharing to fund an energy crisis counselor at HACAP for next year. Don Maniccia notes the post helps mainly new poor and two income families facing utility bills. extra funding hoped later. Joe Rinas compares VA payments to HACAP aid and suggests reallocating funds if VA clients qualify for energy funds.
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Linn
Hawkeye Area
HACAP
Don Maniccia
Maniccia
Marion Briefs: Ladies Club Meeting Hosted in Marion
The Ladies Progressive Club will meet at 1 30 p m Thursday with Mrs Alfred Rinderknecht of 806 Suburban Street NE as hostess. Paul Tranter now in Sydney sold the residence at 1494 Northview Drive to Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith formerly of Independence. Gibson Midland Partners handled the sale.
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Ladies Progressive Club
Alfred Rinderknecht
Suburban St. NE
Xtin
Sydney
Australia
Northview Drive
Marion
Thomas Smith
Independence
Gibson Midland Partners
Troy Mills Seeks Lagoons amid Zoning Hurdles
Troy Mills sanitary district gains one zoning approval but faces another barrier as it woos three wastewater lagoons east of town to meet EPA and DEQ standards. The council denied a variance to place lagoons within 200 feet of property lines, though a compromise allows closer proximity with owner consent.
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Mary Burke
Wzette County
Troy Mills
Linn County
McCright
James Crow
Margaret O’connell
Darlene Klinsky
Ernie Pence
Hotchkiss
Pence
Price
Zoning Commission
Bob Johnson
Owner seeks cash in small claims over shooting two Great Danes
Margie Corrigan filed in Linn District Court a small claims suit seeking 861 dollars from Dr. Patrick Smith after claiming he shot her two Great Danes on his farm across from her Berry Road home. Smith admits shooting the dogs saying they attacked his cattle and hogs.
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Vanessa Shelton
Ette
First Avenue
Linn District Court
Bertram
Margie K. Corrigan
Berry Road
Patrick Smith
Bertram Road
Corrigan
Smith
Small Claims Court
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Greg Mellis
Joe Rinas
Commission On Veterans Affairs
Paul Tranter
Northbrook Manor
Council Street
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27Th St
24Th Street
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