Montour voter garage designated as polling place
Montour in Tama County designates Murry Moffett’s two car garage as an official polling site for the 1984 September primary. Highland Township loses its road shed as a polling option, leaving an American Legion hall and a cemetery shed used in other precincts.
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Montour
American Legion
Tama County
Murry Moffett
Highland Township
Alvin Ohrt
Moffett
Tara County
Chrt
Ohrt
Delaney seeks re election as Cedar Rapids parks commissioner
Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Elmer Delaney has filed for re election as the first incumbent city council member to do so. He, 64, of 5100 First Ave NW, seeks a second term after 34 years with the city, including 25 as parks director. He cites finishing the Sac and Fox Trail and golf course improvements as goals, defending Greene Square Park improvements. Sylvester Grady is the only other active petitioner for the post.
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Cedar Rapids
Elmer Delaney
Delaney
First Ave
Greene Square Park
Greene Square
Sylvester Grady
The
NAACP
C R man faces weapon charge
Steven Jones, 27, of 1120 Third St SE, Cedar Rapids, was arrested early Wednesday after allegedly striking and pointing a gun at Polly Dietz, 5005 F Ave NW. He faces charges of going armed with intent and assault with intent to cause bodily injury. He was released after a court appearance.
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Steven Jones
Third St. SE
Jones
Linn County
Cedar Rapids street work bids come in under estimates
Contracts valued over half a million dollars for Cedar Rapids road work were awarded by the City Council. E and F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co. submitted the only bid for First Street SE paving at 165 332 80, about 40 000 under the engineer estimate. F and E Paving Co. bid 380 641 60 for Wiley Boulevard and 16th Avenue SW improvements, about 35 000 under estimate, with work funded by local and state sources to remove jughandles and widen the intersection.
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Cedar Rapids
E & F Cement and Asphaltic Concrete Co
First Street
Eighth Avenue
Fourth Avenue SE
F & E Paving Co
E & F Cement
Wiley Boulevard
16Th Avenue
Mount Mercy Welcomes New Students Orientation 83
Mount Mercy College hosts Orientation 83 for new and transfer students and their families Sunday through Tuesday. Activities include campus tours, faculty adviser meetings, a talent show, square dancing, Cedar Rapids outings, a work study meeting, and a Daniels Park bonfire. Classes begin Wednesday. Contact Jane Meyer at 363-8213 for details.
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Mount Mercy College
Mount Mercy
Jane Meyer
Cedar Rapids
Daniels Park
Railway tracks moved to Pioneer Village project site
Bob Eckerg and Rich ard Pankey remove railroad tracks on First Street SE near the Ground Transportation Center. The track will be moved to Usher's Ferry Pioneer Village, with part installed this fall. Eckerg chairs the Pioneer Village Commission. Pankey directs the project as plans look to a train and depot. The commission seeks railroad cars and a steam engine from the early 1900s.
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Bob Eckerg
Richard Pankey
First Street SE
Ground Transportation Center
Usher’s Ferry Pioneer Village
Eckerg
Pioneer Village Commission
Pankey
Helicopter Ambulance Lands on Marion Railroad Tracks
The old Milwaukee Road tracks at Sixth Avenue and 10th Street became a landing pad for an air ambulance after James D. Owen, 27, of Cedar Rapids, suffered a fatal heart attack at Mid America Alarm Services. He died after being flown to Mercy Hospital.
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Milwaukee Road
Sixth Avenue
10Th Street
Marion
James D. Owen
Memorial Drive
Cedar Rapids
Mid America Alarm Services
10Th St
Owen
Mercy Hospital
Linn-Mar first day attendance dips
First day enrollments in the Linn-Mar School District show a slight drop from 1982 figures. On Tuesday 3 109 students enrolled, down 79 from 3 188 the previous August, with detailed counts by building and grade levels.
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Linn-Mar
Bowman Woods
Wilkins
Indian Creek
Novak
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Clarion
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Rock Rapids
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