Jughandles to be replaced on southwest side traffic project
The city will open bids Aug 24 for widening 16th Avenue near Wiley Boulevard SW and removing jughandles to install conventional left turn storage lanes. Wiley will be repaved from 12th to 18th Avenues as part of a $416,156 project with Wiley closed during construction and 16th with reduced lanes, slated to finish late November.
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16Th Avenue
Wiley Boulevard
Wiley
Dick Ransom
16Th
Ransom
12Th Avenue
18Th Avenue
First Street SE
Fourth
Eighth Avenue SE
Central Fire Station
House Infested With Bats Prompts City Hearing
A southwest side house at B Street and 17th Avenue SW is reported to harbor hundreds of bats and has been uninhabitable for about a year. City Council will hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. August 17 to address the nuisance as neighbors seek action, including possible fumigation and plastic covering of the structure. Public hearings on seven other dilapidated properties are scheduled for August.
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Dick Hogan
B Street
17Th Avenue
Housing Services Department
Third St
10Th Ave
10Th St
11Th St
Seventh Ave
Ninth Ave
16Th Ave
Cedarfest '83 Saturday features music bed races and parachutists
Cedarfest '83 offers a full downtown Cedar Rapids schedule including Geneva Tower Kitchen Band at 9 30 a m Bandstand Second Street First Avenue bed races at 10 a m between Third and Fourth avenues Harmony Hawks 11 00 to 11 45 a m at Bandstand KRNA sponsors a 11 a m free throw contest at Second Street Second Avenue belly dancers 11 15 a m on May's Island U S Army Golden Knights parachute team to follow the dancers Bandstand acts continue afternoon with Sweet Adelines Movies Band Parlor City Jazz Czech Plus until 4 p m WMT egg drop 2 5 p m at Roosevelt Hotel Rappelling Team 4 p m United Fire and Casualty Building Second Avenue Second Street Stores and art show open all day Lions Eye Bank fundraiser proceeds from soda sales benefitting Iowa Lions Eye Bank
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Cedar Rapids
Geneva Tower Kitchen
Second Street
First Avenue
Third
Fourth Avenues
Harmony Hawks
Krna Radio
Second Avenue
May’s Island
Third Avenue Bridge
U.S. Army Golden Knights
Parlor City
WMT
Roosevelt Hotel
U.S. Army
United Fire and Casualty
Cedarfest
Second
Third Avenues
Air Force
Penney’s
Cedar Rapids Neon Lions Club
Mid-Continent Bottling Co
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Iowa City
Hiawatha awards well contract for fifth city water source
The Hiawatha Water Board awarded a 23175 dollar contract to Layne Western of Ames to drill a fifth well at Boyson and Center Point Roads. The new well with 450 to 500 gpm capacity will relieve demand on the Park Street well and serve as an additional supply for growth. Residents raised water bills five percent on July 1 to fund a 300000 dollar bond.
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Hiawatha Water Board
Layne Western
Ames
Boyson Road
Center Point Road
Hiawatha
Carl Ransford
Hiawatha City Park
Ransford
Boyson
Hiawatha council to appoint new member tonight
The Hiawatha City Council plans to fill the vacancy from Councilman Steve West becoming mayor. No appointment procedure yet. present members may nominate, with a vote expected tonight at 7 at the fire station.
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Hiawatha City Council
Steve West
Tom Patterson
Hiawatha
Handbag Stolen From Sheraton Game Room
Pamela K. Dalton reported a handbag stolen from a Sheraton game room in Kansas City Missouri between 9 30 and 9 45 p m Monday. The bag contained 900 in cash a 100 handgun and a 600 gold and diamond ring. Dalton was performing in a band at the hotel this week and forgot the bag during a break.
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Kansas City
Sheraton
33Rd Ave
Pamela K. Dalton
The Gazette Gazette Ad Rates and Postal Notice
The Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company publishes daily and Sunday at Cedar Rapids Iowa address. Subscription rates shown for carrier and mail editions with weekly and yearly pricing. 125.00-52 weeks for out of state or territory mail. No mail subscriptions in carrier areas.
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THE
Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
City hosts meeting on proposed four lane road project
About 80 residents heard City Engineer Richard Ransom outline a tentative plan to build a four lane highway from Third Street and Sixth Avenue SW to the Eighth Avenue bridge near H Street SW. The project aims to ease traffic flow from the interstate to the southeast side with a 30 mph speed limit and a median. property acquisitions may involve independent appraisals and city review.
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Third Street
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Avenue
H Street
Richard Ransom
Citizens For Community Improvement
Ransom
Bob Doyle
the Gazette
Mount Vernon Road
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Second Street
Seventh Avenue
Second
First Streets
First Street
Police union fights Civil Service tests for promotions
The Cedar Rapids Policemen's Protective Association votes to continue its lawsuit against the Civil Service Commission over make-up exams for promotions. They also approve paying legal costs for plaintiffs J. D. Hansel Conrad L. Vande Zandt schulp and Ted L. McLeod and seek an injunction delaying the promotion list until the suit ends. A hearing on the injunction is set for Thursday.
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Cedar Rapids Policemen’s Protective Association
Civil Service Commission
J.D. Hansel
Conrad L. Vande Zandschulp
Ted L. McLeod
Civil Service
Hassling
Stan McClurg
Association
Commission
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Hiawatha Council
Ramco Transmissions
Transmission Parts
Dale
Bartlett Pears
Dale’s Market
Center Pt. Rd
Uniden
Base
3Rd. Ave. S.C
Lindale Westdale
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