Christmas Dinner Volunteers Feed Needy at Soup Kitchen
About 75 volunteers from multiple churches and organizations, led by donor and Ralph Brenneman, organize a community Christmas dinner at the former Immaculate Conception School for up to 400 guests. Turkeys, rolls, cranberry relish, pies, and gifts are prepared and served in shifts as volunteers deliver meals across the area.
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Kurt Rogahn
Azette
Immaculate Conception
Fourth Ave. SE
Mercy Hospital
First Lutheran Church Kitchen
Third Avenue
10Th Street
Immaculate Conception School
Oline Stigers
First Lutheran
Stigers
Mary Rix
Federal Express Offers Holiday Pickup to Aid Cedar Rapids Area
Federal Express has offered a no charge Holiday Pickup to collect and deliver donated goods in the Cedar Rapids Marion region. Susan Lehr says trucks will pick up items for United Way Hawkeye Area Community Action Program and next go to Asbury United Methodist Church to distribute food and toys purchased by the church, about $2000 in food plus toys.
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Cedar Rapids-Marion
Federal Express
Susan Lehr
Lehr
United Way
Hawkeye Area
Asbury United
Cedar Rapids man funds Christmas Eve meal for 15 seniors
Everett Kohl of Cedar Rapids pays for a Christmas Eve turkey dinner at Pie'd Piper Restaurant for 15 low income seniors. Mercy Hospital volunteer Carol Stalberger and Linn County Council on Aging director Liz Selk organized the effort identifying the attendees and arranging a later opening to serve the noon meal. The seniors are thrilled as for some, it will be their only Christmas dinner.
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Everett Kohl
Cedar Rapids
Kohl
1000
First Ave. NE
Mercy Hospital
Carol Stalberger
Liz Selk
Linn County Council On Aging
Stalberger
Selk
Seth
Rath Packing contract hearing set in Cedar Rapids
Bankruptcy Court in Cedar Rapids schedules a 9 am hearing on whether Rath Packing Co. and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union should cancel their labor contract. The union filed a study supporting its position highlighting management defects and high employee insurance costs.
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Rath Packing Co
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Cedar Rapids
William Thinnes
Ronald Peterson
United Way raffles video games raise six thousand dollars
United Way of East Central Iowa netted more than 6000 from a sealed bid sale of donated video games led by a bill changer at 855 dollars and Ms Pac Man at 750. High bidders have until 830 tonight to pay. Assuming all pay, total reaches 6086.98 for 24 agencies and the American Cancer Society.
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United Way
East Central
Iowa
Don Custis
Custis
Galaga
Pac Man
Centipede
Donkey Kong
Zaxxon
Ruling Affects State Drunk Driving Cases Over Blood Tests
Judge Ansel Chapman barred the Linn County attorney from showing juries the alcohol level in a Hiawatha man charged with drunk driving and manslaughter. The decision cites an Iowa Supreme Court ruling and could affect many cases, with an appeal likely.
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Ansel Chapman
Linn
Hiawatha
Robert Steadman
Samuel Hutton
Hutton
Blairs Ferry Road
Chapman
Iowa Supreme Court
Steadman
Marion Briefs: Emergency Calls and Local Incidents
Local notes record medical assistance calls at 386 10th St and 1280 G Ave on Saturday, a mistaken alarm at 356 20th St, a shed fire at 9409 C Ave, and a medical call at Eighth Avenue and 26th Street plus a Warner Brothers ad for Marion siding and insulation.
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10Th St
G Ave
Eighth Avenue
26Th Street
20Th
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Brenneman
Turkey
C.R. Man
Marion Brief
Warner Brothers
Marion
C Ave
RCA
RCA ColorTrak
Icludes
Smulekoff
1St Street
3Rd Avenue
Dial
Wl ‘Oni
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