Community forum on Linn County sales tax set for Marion
The Gazette sponsors a 7 p.m. forum at Kirkwood Training and Outreach Services Marion on the March 3 local-option sales tax referendum with panelists Gary Ficken Tim Pugh Peter Fisher Jeff Schott and Terry O Neill The event will stream at GazetteOnline com Also in Linn County Court the defense begins its case in the attempted murder trial of James Maclin Jr 38 Cedar Rapids tied to a March 8 2007 stabbing victims Denene Kuennen 33 and Robin Kleppe Sr 46 were injured with Kuennen stabbed in the heart and Kleppe cut in the neck and throat area A second trial item includes willful injury and habitual offender charges The Gazette will live blog the trial at GazetteOnline com.
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Linn County
Kirkwood
Armar Drive
Marion
Gary Ficken
Tim Pugh
Cedar Rapids Tea Party
Peter Fisher
University of Iowa
Jeff Schott
UI Institute of Public Affairs
Terry O'Neill
GazetteOnline
James Maclin Jr
Cedar Rapids
Denene Kuennen
Robin Kleppe Sr
Kleppe
Fifth St
Kuennen
Iowa City Man Hurt After Pickup Leaves Road
Scott W. Klemp, 24, of Iowa City, is hospitalized after the pickup he drove left Taft Avenue near American Legion Road at about 3 a.m. He was ejected when it rolled into a west ditch. Condition not released.
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Scott W. Klemp
Klemp
University of Iowa
Taft Avenue
American Legion
Camp Wakonda director finds leadership growth amid rough start
David Cunningham, 61, Hawkeye Area Council camp director since 2006, faced a disastrous first week at Camp Wakanda with a transformer fire and power outages. Yet he guided 750 Boy Scouts and 500 Cub Scouts through four sessions in 2008, overseeing 50 staff and patch earning activities while preparing for another busy season. Cunningham loves watching youths become leaders and continues to recruit staff from the region for next summer.
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Gazette
Edar Rapids
Camp Wakanda
Boy Scout
David Cunningham
Cunningham
Central City
Boy Scouts of America
Hawkeye Area
Camp Wakonda
Iowa
Rockwell Collins
Wakonda
Hawkeye
Boy Scouts of America Hawkeye Area Council
Jim Fenske
Marion
Ed Brandon
Cedar Rapids
Perkins
Camp
David Cunningham 61 Camp Director Details Shared
David Cunningham, 61, of Central City, is identified as a camp director with the Boy Scouts of America Hawkeye Area Council. He attended St Mary’s High School in Clinton in 1966 and DeVry University Technical College in Chicago in 1973, and is listed with wife Susan and three grown sons.
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Herky
Hawkeye Area Council
Cedar Rapids
Susan Cunningham
David Cunningham
Sandi Friedrich
Council
Central City
Boy Scouts of American Hawkeye Area Council
St. Mary's High School
Clinton
DeVry University Technical College
Chicago
Susan
Military history writer survives Elkader blaze and recovery
Pat McTaggart, Elkader native and military history writer, recalls narrowly escaping a January fire that destroyed his century-old house near the Turkey River. His sister Maureen Reinert and brother-in-law Mike Reinert also endured a tornado and flood at other properties, with both families rebuilding and moving back in after losses.
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Pat McTaggart
Elkader
Parkersburg
Maureen Reinert
Cedar Rapids
Maureen
Mike Reinert
Reinert
Tom
Mike
Pat
Diane
Turkey River
Clayton County
Ryan
Tipton man thriving after double lung transplant
Tony Harden 32 of Tipton who traveled to St Louis for a double lung transplant reports his breathing is greatly improved and lungs are healing well two years after a near fatal illness from cystic fibrosis. The case followed a lengthy wait for a matching donor and an initial recovery before complications.
Iowa man travels for lung transplant amid Iowa program pause
Tony Harden left Tipton Iowa to seek a double lung transplant in St Louis in 2007 as the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics lung transplant program restarted after a decade long halt. He and others previously had to go out of state for the procedure.
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Tony Harden
Tipton
Iowa
St. Louis
University of Iowa
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