Paving Plan Eyed for Indian Creek Road and 29th Avenue
Marion officials weigh a $125000 street and sidewalk project to pave Indian Creek Road from 25th to 29th Avenues and a 1000 foot stretch of 29th Avenue. The plan also funds sidewalk work and assess roughly 1,000 per property owner over ten years. Construction could start in June with completion before school starts.
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Linn-Mar
City of Marion
Indian Creek Road
25Th Avenue
29Th Avenue
Northview
Indian Creek
Glen Easterday
City Hall
Easterday
North Marion
John Bender
Tom McGowan
Bender
Arson Ruled Cause Of Fire At Indian Hill Road House
Marion Fire Chief Jim Ford announced arson as the cause of last week’s blaze that destroyed much of a Cedar Rapids built house at 2600 Indian Hill Road SE. Gasoline ignition in the basement started the fire, which spread through the structure as investigators from the fire department Linn County sheriff’s office and the state fire marshal’s office pursue the case.
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Indian Hill Road
Marion
Jim Ford
Indiar Creek
Kurtz Homes
Cedar Rapids
Larry Zirbel
Grande Ave
Ford
Linn County Sheriff's Office
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Cedar Rapids Woman Loses Injury Damage Suit
A Cedar Rapids woman Priscilla C. Svestka failed to win $150,000 from A Ave Corp. and Dr. John Parke after a Janesville snow and ice claim. The Linn District jury found no negligence by defendants in her early February fall delivering newspapers at 717 A Ave NE. Jurors included Linn Sheriff Donald Sawyer and others.
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Cedar Rapids
Ave. NE
Linn
Donald Sawyer
Priscilla C. Svestka
Linn District Court
Ave. Corp
John Parke
Iowa
Sawyer
Five Is Not Enough Proposes School Readiness Concept
Psychologist Dr. Victor Zike argues readiness hinges on biological growth rather than age alone. He will discuss factors influencing learning in a May Mount Mercy College talk titled Five Is Not Enough, sponsored by Mental Health Association of Linn County.
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Victor Zike
Des Moines
Zike
McBaith
Warde Hall
Mount Mercy College
The
Mental Health Association
Linn County
Absentee ballots for Marion surtax election available
Linn County Commissioner Merle L. Kopel announced that any registered Marion school district voter away from precinct on election day may obtain an absentee ballot. Ballots are available at the voter registration office in the Linn County Administrative Office Building from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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Marion
Linn County
Merle L. Kopel
Marion music contest and town ads at Linn-Mar High
The Iowa Large Group Music Contest for area schools will be held Friday night and all day Saturday at Linn-Mar High School with over 1,000 student musicians in band and chorus classes A AA and B. Also local ads list Berzinski's Restaurant menus and Nordman Jewelry buyers. Marion fire calls reported gas leak at 910 17th St and a note on flowers for Vaneta Wilson. Chinese Reds reach the Han River northwest of Seoul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Linn-Mar High School
Dreamer becomes U S citizen doctor among 42 new Americans
Mohamed El-Dieb, a Cedar Rapids allergy specialist born in Egypt, took the oath as one of 38 adults and four children to become U S citizens at a Cedar Rapids federal court ceremony. U S attorney James Reynolds urged new citizens to uphold their former nations' values while embracing American responsibility.
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Mohamed El-Dieb
Cedar Rapids
United States
El-Dieb
U.S. District Court
James Reynolds
U.S
Iowa
Reynolds
the Gazette
American Information Center
Cairo
University of Cairo
Massachusetts
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Tom Fruehling
McGowan
Max A. Irish
Rodney D. Miller
Karen D. Bontrager
Charles H. Danielson
Sheila K. Hinrichs
Alberta A. Teale
Lisbon
Darlene B. Weaver
Hiawatha
Simpson College
Indianola
University of
Iowa Park
Berzinski
Warner Brothers Siding and Roofing Company
Nordman Jewelry
Adv
Vaneta Wilson
17Th St
Han River
Seoul
Doctor
U.S. Citizen
Chanh Xuan Phan
Vietnam
Narottam Jeraj Patel
India
Lan Thi-Xuan Phung
Long Huy Nguyen
Tareq Al-khatib
Dyersville
Jerusalem
Marie and
Hanna Kiriakos Abouassaly
Second St
Lebanon
Gwendalynn Abouassaly Atty
Bever Ave
Francisco Xavier Barrios
Cedar Falls
Mexico
Nam van le
First Ave
Yon Pok Mayer
Washburn
Korea
Anastacia Betco Trumbley
Waterloo
Philippines
Matthew Michael Tuttle
Jerry Tuttle
JiamJit George
Dubuque
Thailand
BeFong Deutmeyer
Taiwan
Elisa Tereza Love
Lansing
Spain
Nicola George Nassif
Washington Ave. SE
Elias Jacobo
Panama
Quastandi
Zacharia Khoury Nasr
St. NE
Jordan
Anh Thi
Ro van Ngo
St. Sw
Khien Tat Dang
van Thi Dang
Lam
Heidilyn
Heatherlyn
McLeish
June Gladys McLeish
Hawkeye
Josephine Chu-Chun Liu
China
Amy Elizabeth Stroud
Robert Stroud
Huang Duc Dang
Fifth Ave. SE
Josephine
Elias Salem Daoud
Grande Ave. SE
Stacy Marie Haas
Dennis Haas
Larick Court
E! Salvador
Albert Trong-Thuc
Alice Giang-Huong Nguyen
Mount Vernon
Nguy Diep
Ashadevi Goswami
Suzanne Renee Tobiason
David Tobiason
Scotch Grove
Mounir Abdel Karim al Ghoul
Tama
Liviu Tomutsa
Farley
Romania
Claraphan Camphuong Knudson
Decorah
Mohamed Rawash El-Dieb
30Th St. Drive SE
Egypt
Boston
7Th Ave
Jacolyn Dr
Legrands
Queenaeen
Aldone Armstrong
Karastan
Milliken
Bigelow
Royal Scot
Wanda Weave
Coronet
Smulekoff's
Saye
Marian Sony
Heather Loop
Desert
Saxony
Brick Saxony
Sandal Sax
Blue Saxony
Smulekoff
3Rd Avenue
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