Missing snake Junior reported in Coralville case
Police search for Junior a four foot red boa constrictor that disappeared from a vacant Coralville apartment during a move. John Carter 2030 Broadway St Apt F Iowa City says movers moved the snake and its aquarium to a vacant unit and the door may have been left unlocked. Carter paid $500 six months ago.
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Junior
Barry Bedford
Bedford
John Carter
Broadway St
Apt
Iowa City
Coralville
Carter
Fifth St
Linn County Driver Dies After Wrong-Way Crash
James A. Patton, 68, of Mount Vernon, died after his pickupwent wrong way on a Linn County on‑ramp and overturned. Patrol reports he had a blood alcohol content of 0.258, about two and a half times the legal limit, as the vehicle traveled about 20 yards down the embankment near highways 13 and 30.
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Mount Vernon
Linn County
James A. Patton
Patton
Call of the Colors seeks fall celebration notices
The Gazette invites towns planning October or November fall events to submit details for free inclusion in the October 1 Call of the Colors guide. Send event name date time location description and contact name plus phone to Call of the Colors c/o Mary Sharp Cedar Rapids Gazette P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids 52406 0511 by Friday.
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Gazette
Call of the Colors
Mary Sharp
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Offers Free 55 Alive Senior Driving Classes
Kirkwood Community College will hold four eight hour 55 Alive driving courses for seniors this fall with an additional one day class on December 9. Sessions run September 21 22 October 19 20 and November 9 10 at the Kirkwood Lincoln Center 912 18th Ave SW. An $8 materials fee applies preregistration by phone at 398 5412 or toll free 1 800 332 8833. For the Sept 21 22 session use class section 123173.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood Lincoln Center
18Th Ave
Defense debates cause of Alicia Hawkins death in Couser murder trial
In Linn County District Court, jurors will decide if Alicia Hawkins died from a joint death by own action pact with Michael Couser or was murdered. The defense says there was no malice and the couple planned it together, while the prosecutor asserts Hawkins was killed by Couser.
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Gazette Courts
Alicia Hawkins
Michael Couser
Linn County
Michael
Alicia
Quint Meyerdick
Meyerdick
Couser
Jack) Kevorkian
Denton
Camp Abe Lincoln counselor battles Hodgkin's disease
Dave Holub 21 a YMCA Camp Abe Lincoln counselor in Offalo Iowa fights Hodgkin's disease for six years while staying upbeat to inspire campers. He keeps teaching art and cheerfully conducts activities though doctors give a 10 percent chance of survival and the cancer has resisted multiple treatments.
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Iowa City
Dave Smith
Holub
Liz Holub
Cresco
Hodgkin
Dave
YMCA
Abe Lincoln
Dave Holub
Hodgkin's
Newhall Pie Baker Reflects on Youngville Cafe Era
Jessie Meland recalls the Youngville Cafe days from 1952 to 1956 at the Highway 30 and 218 intersection near Cedar Rapids. She baked six to seven pies daily and served customers with Ella Shaffer, noting pies cost a quarter and her favorite was chocolate.
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Ewhall
Jessie Meland
Carl Shaffer
Youngville Cafe
Carl
Ella
Cedar Rapids
Jessie
Hegewald’s
Newhall
John
Youngville
Midway
Frontier
Highway 30
Chet Briggle
Country View
Jessie Melani
Highway
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