Battle over landfill expansion faces Linn County hearing
Residents of Marion and area unions oppose Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency plans to rezone 144 acres for Landfill Site No. 2 south of Highway 13. Hearing set for 6 30 p m at Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditorium with final decision by the Linn County Board of Supervisors.
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Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Solid Waste Agency
County Home Road
Highway 13
Marion
Union City
Linn County
Linn County Planning & Zoning Commission
Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood Community College
County Planning & Zoning Commission
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Linn County Board of Supervisors
la Barron
Linda Langston
Waste Agency
Mulholland
Paul Draper
John Vernon
Richard Rice
Bluestem Board
Cave Linked to John the Baptist Found in Israel
Archaeologists in Kibbutz Tzuba Israel believe a cave unearthed with thousands of ritual jug fragments a foot washing stone and wall carvings depicts the baptismal rites of John the Baptist The find could be a landmark in biblical archaeology and brings to life a figure long known only from the Gospels.
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Kibbutz
Tzuba
Israel
John the Baptist
Holy Land
Shimon Gibson
Cedar Rapids Landfill Expansion Set for 2016 Phase
The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency outlines a four phase plan for expanding Landfill Site 2 north of Marion. The agency does not expect to open the 144 acre expansion until Phase 4 in 2016.
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Cedar Rapids/Linn County
Neighbor-to-Neighbor program helps student neighbors
Iowa City's homeowners launch Neighbor-to-Neighbor to ease student housing tensions. They host parties to introduce students to neighbors and distribute a booklet on garbage tags occupancy limits and good neighbor practices.
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The
Gazette
Iowa City
Bush plans major force realignment beyond Germany
Pentagon officials say the plan moves two Army divisions from Cold War bases in Germany and boosts U S presence at bases in Poland Romania and Uzbekistan. Realignment could bring up to 70 000 troops and about 100 000 family members and civilian workers home within ten years.
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Bush
U.S
Germany
Poland
Romania
Uzbekistan
Pentagon
United States
Europe
Meskwakis to form tribal court by late October
The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa plans a tribal court by late October to settle internal civil disputes among Meskwaki members and with non Indian business partners. The court will not handle criminal cases and aims to exercise the tribe's authority.
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Mississippi
Iowa
Larry Lasley
Lasley
Tribal nations to enact laws within federal system
About 275 Indian nations and Alaska villages would be empowered to draft and enforce their own laws as part of the federal framework, among the 560 plus federally recognized tribes in the United States.
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United States
Alaska
National Tribal Justice Resource Center
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