Unsecured Creditors Oppose NCC Reorg Plan At NCC
Waterloo Greyhound Park sale to a gaming firm was proposed by the Unsecured Creditors Committee, which rejected its own plan last week. The NCC would lease the park to Casino Magic of Bay St. Louis Mississippi. The committee seeks evidence to refile or appoint a trustee.
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National Cattle Congress
NCC
U.S
Paul Kilburg
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo Greyhound Park
Casino Magic
Bay St. Louis
Thomas Fiegen
Cedar Rapids teen charged with arson after southeast Cedar Rapids blaze
A 16 year old Waterloo male was arrested Tuesday for setting an apartment fire on May 20 at 1580 Second Ave SE in Cedar Rapids. He faces first degree arson charges and is held at Black Hawk Juvenile Detention Center as juvenile proceedings proceed. The seven unit complex was a total loss leaving 15 people homeless. A second item reports Daren W Witham 29 jailed for up to 15 years after pleading guilty to four burglaries and theft in Linn County. Judges imposed concurrent 15 year terms for two counts and five year terms for the others with total up to 15 years.
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Dean Eugene Smith
Waterloo
Christina Brant
Smith
Black Hawk County
Black Hawk
Cedar Rapids
Second Ave
Linn County
Daren W. Witham
Tower Terrace Road
Fairfax
August Hansell
Witham
Hansell
Vicki Pointer
Medulan
Latavis Diray Bailey
Little Ray
Bailey
Iowans for Life Fall Conference Set in Iowa City
About 200 pro life activists from across Iowa will attend the 1994 Iowans for Life Fall Conference at the Holiday Inn Iowa City on September 24. The daylong program opens with a general session on The Anti Life Aspects of Health Care Reform. Speakers include Judie Brown Ann Forystek Beth Gifford Mary Matuska Brian Young Dr David Craven and Carolyn Thompson. For more information call 515 255 4113.
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Iowa
Iowa City
Holiday Inn
Iowans For L.lf.e
Judie Brown
American Life League
Ann Forystek
Beth Gifford
Collegians
Life
Mary Matuska
Pro-Life
Wisconsin
Brian Young
David Craven
IFL
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Carolyn Thompson
Cedar Rapids considers ban on martial arts weapons
Cedar Rapids Safety Commissioner J D Smith proposes a concealed weapons amendment banning blowguns and throwing stars while noting nunchakus are already prohibited. A public hearing is set for August 17 at city council to discuss the measure.
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Lonnie Zingula
Smith
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids taps Finch as new school chief amid religion in education debate
John Kirsch reports that Al Finch, 56, the new Cedar Rapids superintendent, denounces attacks on public schools by religious-right groups and supports separation of church and state. Finch left Jefferson County Public Schools in Colorado to lead 17,500 students in Iowa. He notes Iowa not as heated as Colorado and plans discussions with religious leaders as he starts his tenure.
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Finch
Cedar Rapids
Bondurant
Jefferson County
Denver
al Finch
Waterloo School Board
Iowa Christian Coalition
Republican Party of
Iowa
Colorado
Larry Johnson
Gazette
Todd McIntort
Lew Finch
House fire linked to child playing with lighter
A six year old playing with a lighter started a mattress fire that spread through much of the second floor of the Cedar Rapids home. No one was hurt. Residents fled to a neighbor to call 911. Damages were estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars. The house is rented from Christy Worth of St Petersburg Florida.
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Mark Martin
Vicky McNally
Seventh Ave
Kent
McNally
George Bockenstedt
Cedar Rapids
Tax changes for mobile homes outside parks begin 1995
Linn County Assessor explains a 1995 law shift to assess mobile, modular and manufactured homes outside parks as real property rather than per square foot. Newer units may see higher taxes while older ones change little. Automatic real estate status takes effect Jan 1, 1995. park homes stay per-square-foot taxed. Tax cycle shifts July 1, 1995 with future payments in arrears until 1996.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Linn County
Tom Brunow
Iowa
Julie Cole
Cole
Mobile Home Parks
Fancy graffiti on the Cedar River rocks sparks arrest
Cedar Rapids police arrest Lumir Medulan after he admitted spray painting a heart and the message Fancy I Love You on a rock along the Cedar River behind Smulekoffs Furniture. He faces a prohibited graffiti charge with an Aug. 16 court date and was released. The case ties to a Vicki Pointer jailed for contempt of court and older local jail lore.
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Mays Island
Cedar Rapids
Medulan
Linn County
Bright seeks new trial after May conviction for shooting at officers
Carl Bright 34 of Cedar Rapids faces up to 75 years after being convicted of three counts of attempted murder for firing at three officers during a Dec 30 drug raid at 1435 Third St SW. His attorney claims the defense was harmed by alleged unlawful assistance and improper conduct by prosecutors and the court.
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Gazette Courts
Carl Bright
Bright
Cedar Rapids
Third St
Jose Olvera
Linn County
U.S
Olvera
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Dillard
David Remley
Remley
Jane) Spande
Michael) Melloy
Spande
Melloy
Cari
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