Cedar Rapids Eases Lawn Watering Under Drought Rules
Cedar Rapids residents face a three hour per week watering limit after a June 23 ban. City officials advise yard prep like mowing to even lawns before watering and stress shrubs and trees remain under drought stress while the watering regime lasts. The Gazette Today column lists areas where watering is allowed each day.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gasne City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Suchan
Earl May Nursery
Northland Ave
Suchan
Gazette’s. Today
Olberg named chairman of Hoover Library group
Olberg of Cedar Rapids named chairman and president of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association. He has served as association president for the past year and is a trustee of St. Luke's Hospital and Cornell College. New trustees elected include Ken Fawcett Harry Slife and Edward Tubbs. The group completed an $800000 fundraising drive to support future volumes in the Life of Herbert Hoover biography project.
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West Branch
F. Forbes Olberg
Cedar Rapids
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association
Olberg
Banks of Iowa
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cornell College
Association
Ken Fawcett
Harry Slife
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk Broadcasting Co
Edward Tubbs
Maquoketa
Iowa
Arsonist to serve term in mental health facility
Jonathan Tate, 26, pleaded guilty to reduced arson charges and was ordered by Linn County District Court to serve up to 12 years in a Mental Health Institute at Mount Pleasant. He admitted hurling a steak knife at his nephew and setting a shirt on fire after soaking it with cologne.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Pleasant
Linn County District Court
Thomas Koehler
Jonathan Tate
Tate
Sylvester Tate
Fourth Ave
Medical examiner to receive more pay for more work
Linn County Medical Examiner Dr. Percy Harris stands to gain a higher base salary under a proposed contract. The plan raises annual pay from 22 186 to 28 906 and monthly hours from 25 to 32, with overtime paid at 80 per hour beyond 32 hours. Supervisor Joe Rinas supports the change, saying the 32 hour target better reflects Harris’s time.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette County Repc
Linn County
Percy Harris
Joe Rinas
Harris
Rinas
Linn County Officials See No True Raise for County Duties
Rinas told the board that Linn County spending is not a real raise but improves Harris’s cash flow. He noted Harris loses about 160 dollars an hour when called from private practice for county work and added Harris is not complaining.
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Rinas
Harris
Board OKs window contracts for Educational Service Center
Cedar Rapids board approves two bids to install energy efficient windows at the Educational Service Center building. Robinson Energy Efficient Products Inc. will supply windows for 175 114 dollars and O F Paulson Construction will perform general work for 67 135 dollars. The project budget exceeded by about 25 000 dollars but staff says funds cover the shortfall. The 1914 era building at 346 Second Ave SW will receive upgraded casings.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Robinson Energy Efficient Products Inc
Missouri
O.F. Paulson Construction
Second Ave. SW
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Board Ok’s Window
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