Linn County zoning hearing on service station near Toddville
The Linn County Zoning Commission will assess a residential zoning change tonight to allow a service station between Loggerhead Road and Interstate 380. Zoning administrator Rebecca Palmer notes possible drainage issues for Brittany Circle residents near the 30-home neighborhood valued around 200000 dollars. Anna Sheets of Country Park Estates says residents oppose commercial construction in a rural area, with four petitions against rezoning and about 35 signers.
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Toddville
Linn County Zoning Commission
Linn County Administration
Loggerhead Road
Interstate 380
Rebecca Palmer
Linn County
Brittany Circle
Anna Sheets
Country Park Estates
Sheets
Embarrassing Moments for The Gazette Contest
Readers are invited to submit their most blushworthy moments for a March 12 publication. Mail or email entries by March 5, with a one page limit. The top three will win 25 dollars.
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Bush
Japan
Gazette Neighbors
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Ely 1 accident victim improves after icy crash
Shirley Piper 57 improved to fair condition at Mercy Medical Center Cedar Rapids after a Saturday 10 40 a m head on collision on Ely Road south of Ely. Her husband Walter 60 remained in critical condition while the Linn County Sheriff s Department cited loss of control on an icy road. The other driver was treated and released.
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Iowa City
Ely
Shirley Piper
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Walter Piper
Linn County
Cedar Rapids safety panel at luncheon
A panel of community leaders and city officials will discuss ways to make Cedar Rapids safer at a February 25 luncheon hosted by the East Central Iowa SAFE Coalition. The 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. event will be at the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce with a $3 lunch donation. Call 362-8921 by Friday to attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Safe Coalition
Cedar Rapids Area
Linn-Mar bond issue questions outline 25 million plan
A guide to Linn-Mar school district bond questions due February 25 outlines a 60 percent voter approval on both questions, a 20 year repayment, and allocations: 8.9 million for high school expansion, 6.1 million for middle school growth, 5.7 million for a new elementary school, 4.3 million for additions and remodels, with 1.1 million for furnishings. The district cites space shortages amid growth and 23 new residential developments.
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brary/technology center
Indian Creek
Wilkins
Bowman Woods
Novak
Linn-Mar Bond Vote Prompts School Growth Questions
The Linn-Mar district faces a space crunch as enrollment rises from 4 123 to over 5 500 by 2005 with a proposed new construction. Startup costs are estimated at 400 000 to 500 000 dollars, with state aid offsetting staff and one time purchases such as books and custodial equipment.
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Sazette
Chris Stewart
Jim Foote
Linn-Mar
Marion Public Library
Linn-Mar School District Bond Proposal and Tax Impact
Proposed 25 million bond to improve remodel and build schools. Ballot questions seek raising bonding limit from 2.70 to 4.05 per thousand. Current tax rate is 14.32 per thousand, owner of 100000 home pays about 780 yearly. If bond passes rate would be 2.25 per thousand, owner would pay about 894 yearly, up 114.
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Linn-Mar
Funeral home director indicted on indecent exposure charges
A Delaware County grand jury indicted Ted D. Shelly 57, of Manchester, on two misdemeanor counts of indecent exposure for incidents in 1996 at the home of Lila Schenke 82 and her husband Victor 71. Arraignment set for March 3. The case includes a police videotape and testimony from witnesses. Prosecutors kept four counts of indecent exposure and four counts of harassing the Schenkes from the indictments.
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James Q. Lynchazette
Iowa
Manchester
Delaware County
John Bernau
Shelly
Bernau
Delaware County District Court
Ted D. Shelly
Lila Schenke
Victor
Schenkes
E. Michael Carr
Chamber of Commerce
Flora Schmidt
Dog for guitar swaps up to a country singer Joe Cihla
Joe Cihla, now 76, recalls trading his dog for a guitar at age seven on a farm near Plato Iowa. He formed Joe and the Troubadors after World War II, played the Grand Ole Opry, and later led Joe and His Band in Lisbon while keeping traditional country music alive.
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Vernon
Joe Cihla
Joe
Plato
West Branch
Iowa City
Dunn
New York
Hauser Boys
Urbana
Wapsie Valley Cowboys
Joe and
The
Troubadors
Ernest Tubb
Worthington
Clarence Murphy
Frankie
Clarence
Gibson Guitar Company
Kalamazoo
Mich
Guitar Company
Gibson
Frank Glubka
Robert Hysell
Nashville
Grand Ole Opry
WSM
Ridgecrest Records
Lisbon
American Legion Club
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Mount Vernon
Joe and the
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Aval
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Jimmy Rodgers
Ramblin
Ette Photo
Dave Rasd
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