School Projects List Electrical and Facility Upgrades
The record itemizes several school district projects including Grant Early Childhood Center at 254 Outlook Dr SW with electrical upgrades costing 75,600 in 2001 and Wilson Elementary at 2301 J St SW with electrical upgrades 102,533 in 2002, middle school electrical 191,835 in 2002, complete HVAC and plumbing work 3,070,369 in 2004-05, seventh and eighth grade science lab renovations 184,338 in 2002-03, and locker room modernization 368,676 in 2002-03.
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Outlook Dr. SW
Wilson
J St. Sw
Franklin
20Th St. NE
P.E
Cedar Rapids seeks space relief with 46 million bond plan
Cedar Rapids school district proposes a 46 million bond to repair and add to schools and to build a new elementary at Blairs Ferry and Edgewood roads to ease space crunches for day care and preschool programs. The plan accounts for expanding computer labs smaller class sizes and more special education classes.
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Blairs Ferry
Edgewood Roads
Hiawatha
Jackson
Nixon
Cedar Rapids
Hazlett
Grant Elementary
Coolidge
Wright
Arthur, Harrison, Jackson and Nixon
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Third Ave
Five Seasons
Electrical upgrade project listings by location and year
Details show multiple projects with addresses in Polk, Jackson, Pierce and Wright areas. Electrical upgrades appear with costs ranging from 62 512 to 71 400 and years 2001 2003 and 2003 04. One site includes a larger project to add an instructional media center costing 350 103.
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Pierce
Marilyn Dr. NE
Wright
Hollywood Blvd
Kennedy Rad High Schools Projects Planned
Kennedy High and Washington High announce capital programs to add classrooms and labs, renovate music facilities, and upgrade electrical systems. Kennedy totals include 3.77 million for classrooms and labs and 2.58 million for music facilities, plus electrical work. Washington programs total 3.78 million for new rooms and labs and 2.52 million for music facilities, plus electrical upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Weing Rad
Washington
Forest Dr. SE
Donations stolen from Cedar Rapids shop fund memorial park
A $30 donation jar for a park at the site of a fatal Cedar Rapids house fire was stolen from Big Mike's Sub Shop on Center Point Road NE. The incident follows a previous theft at a Kwik Shop in November that emptied a jar with $200 to $500 for the same memorial. Police will review security footage. The fund aims to honor Nancy Gersh and her sons, Robert and Lantz.
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Cindy Hadish
Cedar Rapids
Alison McNamara
Big Mike
Center Point Rd
Amoco
Kwik Shop
Nancy Gersh
Robert
Lantz
McNamara
Mark Arnold
A.J. Truelove
Dale Gorsh
Fourth St. NW
Gorsh
Ceouron
Vehicle found on its side in Wapsi River near Anamosa
Deputies investigate how a vehicle ended up submerged in about 2 feet of water west of Anamosa after being spotted by deer hunters at 5 20 a m Sunday. The incident occurred northeast of Cedar Rapids near the Wapsipinicon.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Korean TV to feature Iowa monks on Christmas Eve
About six million Korean viewers will watch a Christmas Eve segment highlighting Eastern Iowa monks. A four member crew filmed at New Melleray Abbey to portray monastic life and prompt reflection on spiritual life. The program Invitation to Silence will air on Sunday Special and include Assumption Abbey in Ava Missouri and a Korean monastery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assumption Abbey
Ava
Peosta Abbey Filmed for Korean Television Special
The Peosta Abbey near Dubuque hosted a one hour program for the Korean Broadcast System. Brother Bill Burns who once taught in Seoul at Sogang University translated for the crew. Abbot Brendan Freeman approved access to the secluded monastery to contrast quiet Christian living with Korea’s pace.
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Peosta
Dubuque
Bill Burns
Seoul
South Korea
Sogang University
Burns
Korea
Brendan Freeman
Candles and Craft Activity Spotlight With Registration
Feature stories explore candle making and a related craft activity. Pre registration is required. Call 398 5123 for details.
ALOT to hold bond session on Cedar Rapids district issue
The Against Local Option Tax group will host a question and answer session on Cedar Rapids school district's 46 million bond at 7 tonight in Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library 500 First Street SE. Voters go to the polls December 12 to decide. The bond costs about 48 dollars yearly per 100 000 home and would be repaid over 20 years. ALOT opposes the bond and invited officials and chamber members who declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Franklin
McKinley
Taft
Harding
Roosevelt
the Gazette
Kcrg-Tv
ALOT
Beems
Cedar Rapids Public Library
First Street
Lost man dies from exposure near West Union
Raymond Jack Barger 62, a former Cedar Rapids man, died from heart failure due to exposure after wandering from Prairie View Residential Facility between West Union and Fayette. He was found in a field in single-digit temperatures and pronounced dead after transport to Palmer Lutheran Health Center.
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Cedar Rapids
Barger
Fisher
Fayette County Canine Unit
Iowa State Patrol
West Union Police and Fire Departments
Postville
Fayette
Prairie View
West Union
Virgil Smith
Stewart Funeral Home
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Seventh Ave
van Buren
29Th St. SW
Jefferson
20Th St. Sw
North Carolina
Kim Hazlett
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bond
Arthur
B Ave
Garfield
Maplewood Dr
Kenwood
E Ave
38Th St. NW
Jones
Linn-Mar
Marion — Linn-Mar
Linn-Mar Educational Services Center
10Th St
C.R. Library
C.R. School
Gazeu
John
Iowa
Cathy Burdock
Bloomfield
Puce
Chris
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