Campaign walk outlines Cedar Rapids School Board bid
Geraldine Loupee announces an all day campaign walk for the at large Cedar Rapids Community School Board seat from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday. She plans visits to Arthur Elementary Franklin area, Fillmore Roosevelt Hoover Taft and Kennedy High areas with a lunch at Greene Square and citywide meetings from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Incumbent Robert Weinhardt and Loretta Herber also run. election is September 12.
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Geraldine Loupee
Cedar Rapids
Loupee
Arthur Elementary
Franklin
First Avenue
Bever Avenue
Third Avenue
Greene Square
Fillmore
Roosevelt
Hayes
Hoover
Taft
Pierce
Kennedy
Robert Weinhardt
Loretta Herber
Local Man Charged With Assault on Father
Police filed an assault charge against Steve Gatto age 23 of 318 E Ave NW. He allegedly attacked his father Robert Gatto at the same address. The elder Gatto was treated at Mercy Hospital for a broken ankle and released.
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Steve Gatto
E Ave. NW
Gatto
Robert Gatto
Mercy Hospital
Police bicycle auction raises funds for city general fund
A police spokesman reported 7085 dollars raised in a Saturday auction of abandoned bicycles from the past years. 251 complete and 203 incomplete bikes were sold, with the top prices at 85 and 80 dollars, and one bicycle at 1 dollar. Nine junior cadets donated over 70 hours to assist. Proceeds go to the city general fund.
Plans Set for Cedar Rapids Intermediate Care Facility
Cedar Rapids City Council heard plans for a 3 to 4 million dollar intermediate care facility for mentally retarded men. R and R Living Co of Milwaukee proposes building on Kirkwood Boulevard near Kirkwood Community College with completion aimed at 1980. Financing would be private, with ownership transfer to the city after about 25 years and continued operation by R and R Living.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Bakke
R & R Living Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Kirkwood Boulevard
Kirkwood Community College
Bakke
R & R Living
R and R firm seeks non profit status in Iowa for new Cedar Rapids facility
The R and R firm plans to obtain non profit status in Iowa and move its offices to Des Moines after approval. The project would include seven cottages housing 105 residents, a 131 person staff, and a facility described as a resort style health care site for developmentally disabled adults aged 18 and over. The Cedar Rapids plan, part of a seven year state program endorsed by Gov. Ray, features an activities center auditorium visitors center and coffee house with a concrete presentation due to the city council in about a month.
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Iowa
Bakke
Des Moines
Woodward State Mental Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Neighbors confront garage zoning and permit woes
Northeast resident Lowell Tiedt faces a series of issues after building a garage without a permit. The structure sits on city property and a utility easement, is too close to the house, and short of required side yard setbacks. A special Board of Adjustments hearing is anticipated to resolve waivers and potential removal.
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Northeast Side
Lowell Tiedt
Redbud Road
Tiedt
Board of Adjustments
Knobshire Drive
Ed Winter
Board
Veteran’s Adminis
Winter
Owners to pay for Council Street sidewalk plan
City scholars discuss a two block stretch on Council Street NE where property owners may finance sidewalk installation. A resolution of necessity will go to the City Council for a vote with 21 percent in favor 51 percent against and others未 responding.
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Council Street
Dick Ransom
Council
46Th Street
Wright School
Three Area Teens Place National Junior Achievers Awards
Marion, Riverside and Iowa City students won national JA honors at the Junior Achievers Conference in Bloomington Illinois. Robert Fye earned fourth place in vice presidents for marketing and a $50 scholarship for Framing Our Ideas. Aaron Liesch placed fourth in JA product competition with Something Completely Different. Julie Goodspeed was a semi finalist in the safety director contest.
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Marion
Riverside
Iowa City
Bloomington
Ill
Paul Pate
Robert Fye
James Fye
Seventh St. S
Sales and
Fye
Marion High School
Cornell College
Aaron Liesch
Michael Liesch
Liesch
Moore Business Forms
Iowa City West
Julie Goodspeed
Robert H. Goodspeed
American Society of Safety Engineers
City High
Miss Goodspeed
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Ann Schrader
Gazette City Hall
Parieen
Leonard Nimoy
Waterloo
Eisenhower School
Eisenhower
Ransom
Hal Schaefer
Floyd Bergen
Cedar Rapids Community
Bergen
Smulekoff
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