Zoo advisory panel dissolved by Parks Commissioner
Parks Commissioner Stan Reinis dissolved the Bever Park Zoo Advisory Committee eight months after it submitted a master plan. The action followed a 7 2 vote by the panel to ask City Council to consider the plan. Two members resigned in disagreement, while chairman Dr Chris Thoms defended the committee as advisory not antagonistic to officials.
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Bever Park Zoo
Stan Reinis
Reinis
Chris Thoms
Don Canney
Canney
Reims
Delores Nicholson
Lindsey
Thoms
Mount Mercy College
the Gazette
Tee
Bever Zoo
Leo Prather
Leo
Arson suspected as Cedar Rapids fire destroys historic building
A large brick residence at 1015 Second Ave SE Cedar Rapids was Totallly destroyed by a morning fire. Fire officials cited signs of a break in and arson as the likely cause with the building housing ASAC programs before the loss. No injuries were reported. The structure, a former Hamilton family home later used by Unity Center and Allen Motor Co, burned for hours as crews fought from outside.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Ave. SE
Area Substance Abuse Council
Allen Motor Co
ASAC
Hawkeye
First Ave. SE
Linn
Second Avenue SE
Third Avenue
10Th Street
Second Avenue
John T. Hamilton
Merchants National Bank
Unity Center
Hamiltons
Cyrus Eaton
Two Lisbon men arrested in service station robbery case
Ricky Batcheller 23 faces two counts of assault and criminal mischief after an altercation with Linn County deputies at the jail. John Capuano 28 and a 15 year old Mount Vernon girl were also arrested in the case linked to the Pat’s DX Station robbery. The trio were arrested in a vehicle matching the robber’s description. Batcheller bonded at 25,000 dollars for armed robbery and was due in court today on the new charges. Capuano remained jailed on 25,000 bond for second degree robbery. the girl was released to her parents.
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Linn County
Ricky Batcheller
Linn
Batcheller
John Capuano
Mount Vernon
Sheriff's Department
Pat
Capuano
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Dick Hogan
Marion
John J. Waite Jr
Waite
Killians
First National Bank
Savings and Loan
First National
Sylvia Porter
Kiest National
Northwest Bancorporation
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