Board selected for Villa Avery rehab center in Cedar Rapids
A nine member board was chosen to run the Villa Avery residential program for troubled men opening this fall in Cedar Rapids. The project led by Rev. Steve Heimann purchased 1802 Grande Ave SE as the initial facility with renovations underway and public donations invited. Initially up to five men will live there, with a zoning change hoped to allow eight. Ex officio board members include Dick Osing and Jack Graf. Target clients are 18 plus men with mental or emotional disorders referred by agencies and facing temporary emotional or economic disadvantage. For details call 365 2409.
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Cedar Rapids
Steve Heimann
Villa Avery
Grande Ave
Heimann
Villa Hope Project
Appleton
Wis
Kent Jackson
Foundation 2
J.C. Otto
Bishop Buffet
Westdale Mall
John Wolfe
Morris Plan Co
Iowa
Wallace Taylor
Keyes, Bennett and
St. Jude's Corn Festival Returns This August
The St. Jude's Sweet Corn Festival will run August 26 to 28 on 500 Edgewood Road NW. Activities include a string band, hot air balloon demo, Iowa Parachute Team shows, teen dance, Irish folk singing, cloggers, open air mass, bingo, carnival rides, games, and a country store.
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St. Jude’s
Edgewood Road
Iowa
Corn Jesters
Ramblers of Spring
Emerald Knights
Cemar
Joe and Co. Entertainment
Iowa Parachute Team
Lakeside Apartments returned to Cimarron Investors ownership
Cimarron Investors of Cedar Rapids regains Lakeside Apartments in Iowa City after a default dispute with Reginald Gassen. The 400 unit complex, in receivership since Cimarron sued in March, faces housing code violations and ongoing rent management by a court appointed receiver.
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Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Cimarron Investors of
Cedar Rapids
Lakeside Apartments
Reginald Gassen
la Crosse
Wis
Cimarron
Gassen
Johnson County
Darlene Henderson
Marion area school schedules set for fall term
Marion public school districts announced fall class times starting August 23 for Linn-Mar Community district with staggered kindergarten to high school hours. The Marion Independent district follows August 24 with separate start times for Emerson Mentzer Starry elementary schools Vernon Middle and Marion High.
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Marion
Linn-Mar
Indian Creek
Bowman Woods
Novak
Marion Independent
Emerson, Mentzer and Starry Elementaries
Vernon Middle
Marion High
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