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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1987

Page

4

Local Weekend Events List Shows Balloon Contest And Theatre

Saturday events include McGregor Hot Air Balloon Contest and a Greene Square bicycle Open Ride at 8 am sponsored by Hawkeye Bicycle Association. Cedar Valley Riders Club hosts a fall show at Toddville showground with 21 classes. Theater offers A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Old Creamery Garrison.

McGregor Greene Square Hawkeye Bicycle Association Cedar Valley Riders Club Toddville Showground Jolly Roger Coralville Lake Coralville Garrison Old Creamery Theatre Starlighters Ii Community Theater Great Gatsby Park Fawn Creek Country Club Anamosa Greene Square Park Cedar Rapids

Thief hits Itty Mart. coins stolen in East Cedar Rapids

Police report an armed robbery at Itty Mart East on First Ave NE at 11 p.m. a thin white male in his 20s fled toward Lindale Shopping Mall after displaying a small handgun. three 1867S quarter eagles and an 1891CC half eagle were taken from Harold Harding’s home on Vine Ave SE between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Friday valued at $200 each. Sean Eric Paxton, 19, of Otho, was arrested on a Webster County warrant and charged with theft of a vehicle and drug offenses. Steven Britcher, 29, was arrested for drunken driving. A string of emergency calls and incidents followed in the city.

Itty Mart First Ave Lindale Harold Harding Vine ‘Ave Sean Eric Paxton Otho Linn Sheriffs Webster County Center Point Fort Dodge Sing Auto Paxton Steven Britcher First St First Street

False orders warn St Jude’s Sweetcorn Festival buyers

Secar Rapids police warn merchants to beware false orders for St. Jude's Sweetcorn Festival items such as dry ice eggs dumpsters pop and fruit. Detective Washburn urged reporting any false and malicious orders to church officials before delivery and offered information leading to the arrest of the culprit. The festival at 50 Edgewood Rd NW began last night and runs through Sunday.

Louis Sullivan St. Paul's United Methodist Church Third Ave Springville St. Jude's Edgewood Rd Toledo Psalty First Assembly of God Blairs Ferry Rd Fair Town State Fair Des Moines George Strait Sheraton Inn Secar Rapids Kenneth Washburn Washburn

Truck Driver Injured At ADM Corn Sweeteners Plant

Pat McClelland a 27 year old truck driver from Clarion was listed in fair condition at Mercy Hospital with abdominal injuries after a coupling on a pressurized hose broke Friday at the ADM Corn Sweeteners plant in Cedar Rapids. He is employed by a Webster City firm.

Pat McClelland Clarion Mercy Hospital ADM Corn Sweeteners Cedar Rapids McClelland Webster City

Cedar Rapids Christian schools undergo summer changes

Cedar Rapids Christian schools saw summer changes with one school closing and another seeking a new location while Cedar Rapids Christian School appoints a new administrator and remains at its current site. The Rev. William Hughes of Mississippi will lead Cedar Rapids Christian. Fellowship Christian School suspended operations after missing enrollment targets.

C.r.’S Christian Schools Good News Baptist Church Cedarian School Cedar Rapids Fellowship Chistian School Blairs Ferry Rd Fellowship Christian Center Cedar Rapids Christian School Third Ave William Hughes Tupe- Jo Cedar Rapids Christian Christan Education Hughes

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