Flag flies again from C R porch after theft
Heather Sloman Wood reports Lyn DeMar’s porch flag was stolen on July 25 prompting a letter to The Gazette. Rep. Tom Tauke visited to gift a new flag, noting it flew over the U S Capitol on Memorial Day and honoring DeMar’s brother Patrick serving on the U S S Vincennes in the Persian Gulf.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette City Hall
Lyn DeMar
Fleetwood Rd
DeMar
The
Gazette
Tom Tauke
Iowa
Tauke
DeMars
Ray
Chad
Clint
Eric
Matthew Visek
U.S. Capitol
Patrick
Sioux City
U.S.S. Vincennes
Persian Gulf
the Gazette
Alowa
The Log 238 Atwood Dr and Local Thefts Reported
A series of incidents include tools worth 500 dollars stolen from an unlocked garage between 8 a.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday. Healy's Sport Shop items valued over 500 dollars stolen between 10 p.m Saturday and 1 a.m. Sunday through a window. The log also records numerous medical emergencies, fires, backfires, alarms, downed wires, and assist calls across multiple addresses including 69 16th Ave SW and 1515 First Ave SE, with various times Sunday through Monday.
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Atwood Dr
Healy’s
First Ave
Cedar Valley trail sections may close near Linn County
Bike rides walks and jogs may be cut short on the Cedar Valley Nature Trail as two Linn County segments between mile markers four and five north of Midway Road and eleven and twelve north of Fay Road close for farm crossing work over the next two weeks. Contact Linn Conservation Department at 398-3505 in advance to confirm openness.
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Cedar Valley
Nighttime incidents report across multiple city blocks
At 8:45 p.m. a call from 58 Miller Ave SW notes unknown to grass. At 10 p.m. medical emergency near 100 First Ave NE. At 10:01 p.m. illegal burning on 1309 Third St SW. At 10:23 p.m. medical emergency at 117 First Ave SW. At 10:43 p.m. unknown to grass near Second Ave and Second St SW. At 10:51 p.m. burned food on stove at 832 10th St SW.
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16Th Ave
First Ave
14Th St
14Th Street
Dennis Dr
Weaver St. NW
Sixth St. NW
C Ave
Southgate Cr
15Th Street
Hinckley Avenue
Kyrie Dr
Fifth Ave
McKinley St
C St
Hinckley Drive
Highland Drive
Leisure Bl
E Ave. NW
12Th Ave
13Th St. NW
Emerald Dr
First St. SE
Miller Ave
Third St
Second Avenue
Second Street
10Th St
Matich boy turns ordeal into halo vest guide for scouts
Iowa City based 14 year old Matich Jr from Lithia Springs Ga writes The Halo Vest Survival Guide. The 14 page pamphlet helps teens wearing halo vests care for head and neck immobilizers and avoids risky activities. University Hospitals will distribute copies and the boy scouts have approved the project for the Eagle award. Matich received skull base surgery from Dr Arnold Menezes after Klippel Feil and Chiari I malformation. He plans to publish in Georgia and hopes for an initial print run of 500.
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Iowa City
Charles S
Mat” Matich Jr
Lithia Springs
Matich
University of Iowa
Mat
Boy Scouts of America
Charles Matich ‘Sr
Arnold H. Menezes
Menezes
Marion and Linn-Mar Boards Study School Merger Seed
Marion and Linn-Mar boards agreed to start a public petition process to merge their districts. The plan calls for a citizen driven petition, 400 signatures per district, hearings within 60 days, and possible election after grant by the Grant Wood Area Education Agency. The aim is to complete by the 1990 election.
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Marion and
Linn-Mar
Mark
Sandy Justice
Grant Wood Area
Ron Fielder
Marion
Gordon Gibson
Justice
John Botkin
Fielder
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
AEA
Linn-Marvnes
Drought scrutiny at southwest salvage yard permit hearing
A Board of Adjustment hearing is set for Sept 12 at 3 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers to review George Zinser's conditional use permit for a salvage yard at 6305 lth St. SW in a heavy industrial area. The panel will assess landscape compliance after drought failures and prior plantings of cedar trees amid hot, dry conditions. The 1985 permit required landscaping. initial planting and later replacements faced tree losses, prompting questions whether requirements were met.
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Board of Adjustment
City Hall
George Zinser
Zinser
Building Department
August 9 Meetings and theater notice in Cedar Rapids area
The day features a Cedar Rapids City Council informal session at 8:30 am and Linn County Supervisors at 9 am, with a Building Board of Appeals meeting at 2 pm and planning zoning sessions in Hiawatha and Marion in the evening. The Amana Visitor Center Theatre hosts Cotton Patch Gospel at 8 pm with tickets 11 dollars adults and 5 50 for kids. Grass watering allowed 8 to 11 pm for odd addresses in specific quadrants, excluding Bowman Woods west of Kent Drive NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Cotton Patch Gospel
Amana Visitor Center
Old Creamery Theatre
Bowman Woods
Kent Drive
Former Cedar Rapids officer sues over medical bills
Michael Nieland, fired in December 1986, claims the city refused to pay medical expenses from on duty injuries. In a Linn County suit filed Monday with Teamsters Local 238, he seeks a court interpretation of Iowa Code requiring medical attention for injured police and fire personnel, alleging the Police Retirement System denial violates state law. The filing notes the city contends the injuries resulted from his own negligence, with no incident details provided.
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Cedar Rapid
Michael Nieland
Nieland
Civil Service Commission
Linn District Court
Teamsters Local 238
Iowa
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C.R. Porch
Paul Jensen
Cedar Valley Trail
Johnson County
Dr. Menezes
Georgia
University Hospitals
Mary Holtapp-Mills
Action! Gazette
Pri
Rduc Ae
Gazette Classified
3Rd Avenue
Marion Planning & Zoning Commission
Bonnie — Diet Center
Counselor
Diet Center
Diete
1St Ave
Edgewood Rd
Diet Center, Inc
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