Taste of Cedar Rapids finals weekend on Second Avenue Bridge
Cedar Rapids hosts the seventh Taste of Cedar Rapids festival on the Second Avenue Bridge with Grand Funk Railroad Kool and The Gang Blues Traveler Rascal Flatts Indigenous and more. Three day pass 15 daily 7 after 5 pm and five before five offers distinct gate prices. Events run Sept 1 2 3 with fireworks each night and a Kids Zone on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets and details at tasteofcedarrapids.com or 398-0449.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue Bridge
Grand Funk Railroad
Physicians Clinic of
Iowa
Kool and the Gang
Blues Traveler
John Popper
GE Capital
May’s Island
Rascal Flatts
Academy of Country Music
Indigenous
Swing Crew
Large Midgets
Wylde Nept
Jennifer Partridge
Taste of Iowa
Partridge
the Gazette
Eddie Piccard
New Orleans Jazz
Greener
the Blue Band
Grand Fund Railroad
Cook & Waters
New Country
Paula Grady & Friends
Bon Temps Roulez
Craig Erickson Group
St. Luke’s KidZone
Rickie Rowray
Grandma Pockets
Rainbow Annie
Cedar Rapids Performance Company
Gunny
Rusty Jones
C.R. Stix
Tasteof
Cedarrapids.com
Cedar Rapids public agency meetings this week
Public and tax spending agency meetings and the Cedar Rapids mayor's schedule are listed for the week. Contacts for information are included and deadlines noted. Events cover Marion Independent School District, North Linn, Walker, Cedar Rapids City Council sessions, Planning Commission, Civil Rights Commission, and regional workforce meetings.
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Marion Independent School District
S. 15Th St
Marion
North Linn
Walker
Walker City Council
Walker City Hall
Cedar Rapids
City Planning Commission
Veterans Memorial
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Mayor Schedule Highlights Week in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette lists the mayor’s agenda from Monday to Saturday detailing meetings with city staff, council sessions, interviews, veteran issues briefings, and regional board meetings. It also notes community activities at senior centers and churches and includes fund drives and camp program references.
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Cedar Rapids
Rotary
Gazette
Linn County Empowerment Governance Board
United Way
Day of
US Airways Express
League of Women Voters
Workforce Investment Board
Energy Task Force
Des Moines
St. Ludmila Church
Tanager Place of
Tanager Place
Tanager
Gazette Family of Companies Canteen Fund
Gazette Employees Canteen Fund
Kcrg-Tv
The
Third Ave. SE
Iowa City Gazette
E. Market St
Brisben Sees Romania Village Developments and Legacy
Brisben recalls 1995 visits showing poor social services and unpaved roads. By 1999 roads worsened, now better. villagers mostly bicycle or horse cart. Gas on black market, mail faster, church empowered. 3 million Unitarians in Romania. A village museum clinic and a Hungarian-language school open with 20 pupils. Unitarian aid supports English learning. next project is supplying school equipment and computers.
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Europe
Brisben
Romania
Iowa
Unitarian Church
Iowa City
Senior note for Golden K Kiwanis meeting
The Golden K Kiwanis meets Tuesday at 11 30 am in Thomas Park 335 Marion Blvd Marion The program features a potluck and picnic activities.
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Golden K Kiwanis
Thomas Park
Marion Blvd
Marion
Neighborhood Association Picnic at Taylor Elementary School
Neighborhood meetings planned for this week with the Taylor Area Association hosting a 6 p.m. picnic at Taylor Elementary School located at 720 7th Ave SW.
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Taylor Area Neighborhood Association
Taylor Elementary
7Th Ave
Senior Center Menu and Activities at Witner Center
Witner Senior Center offers meals for people 60 and over and spouses of any age with a weekly menu including ribette fish spaghetti roast turkey brats bun chicken noodle soup and ham. Activities include quilting bridge canasta pinochle bingo watercolor painting cards and SHNP with a addresses and contact numbers provided for nearest meal site and center events.
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Marion Senior Center
Nancy
Ambroz Senior Center
Mount Vernon Rd
Fifth St
Lincoln
18Th Avenue
Ninth Street
Ely
Mount Vernon Lisbon
Southeast Linn Community Center
S. Washington
Lisbon
Bridge St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Johnson Ave. NW
Witner Senior Center
Witwer Senior Center
Second Ave
Local students receive multiple Iowa scholarships
Adam Duke of Mount Vernon wins a $750 L L Pell ing Scholarship at Kirkwood Community College. Gene Acosta of Marion earns $3,250 from several scholarships including Coca Cola and Moore Endowed. Laura Adcock of Cedar Rapids receives a $1,000 Louis Hill Jr Memorial Scholarship.
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Alicia Worrell
Lone Tree
University of Iowa
Roy J. Carver
Kirkwood Community College
Adam Duke
Mount Vernon
L.L. Pelling
Gene Acosta
Marion
Zazza Sheraton
Thomas F
Brenda R. Moore
David Braverman
Laura Adcock
Cedar Rapids
Louis Hill Jr
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House On the Island
Louis & the Blues
Trailer Park Romeo
the Tribe of Shekinah
Waters Edge
Jason Mystic
the Diplomats
First Street
Alliant Energy
Third Avenue
Second Avenue
Mac
P.O
Regional Workforce Investment Board
Kirkwood Training & Outreach Services
Armar Dr
Noon Lions Club
Mayor's Office
City
Robin
Lloyd Sojka
Inez
Tom Hartley
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Robert Grishorst
Shaun Grosshurth
Aruni Singamkutti
Jody Wiewel
Manchester
Jarrod Reddick
Meghan Washburn
Muscatine
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Ind
Kevin Casey
Dyersville
Luis Martinez
Clarke College
Dubuque
Brad Mangler
Martelle
HONOR
University of Northern Iowa
Eastern Iowa
Miranda Jensen
Atkins
Lindsey Cole
Rochelle Dottenrod
Kristin Elsbemd
Lisa Schmitt
Calmar
Melanie Menster
Cascade
Chad Buchholz
Levi Dressler
Laura Goodsmith
Laura Henderson
Veronica McBride
Joyce McGivern
Janet Peterson
Kathryn Polehna
Stacey Wallerich
En Griffin
Julie Pouer
Farley
Jessica James
Fayette
Julie Hawkins
Carrie Meyer
Grinnell
Amanda Simon
Kenneth Steffen
Guttenberg
Nicholas Becker
Hopkinton
Theresa Reiff
Independence
Christine Bender
Anie Crowley
Amber Dykstra
Rosa Gilmore
Alissa Wilson
Heather Rueber
Jesup
Shawn Kauffman
Kalona
Judith Slaskey
la Porte City
Virginia Mattson
Sara Yarb
Washington
Scott Drilling
Waucoma
Brandon Young
Waukon
Emily Johnson
Ryan Ruess
West Liberty
Britni Luethye
Wilton
Liars Theatre
Epiersons.com
Ellis Blvd
Center Point Rd
Te Gazette
Navy
Collins Radio
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