Area DAR chapters honor teens with Good Citizens awards
Members of Ashley Mayflower and Marion Linn DAR chapters presented the DAR Good Citizens Award to area high school seniors on February 19. Recipients chosen by their schools include Katherine Baier Alburn Benton Community Keri Brecht Center Point Urbana Joshua Dahlin Center Point Urbana Katherine Graham Kennedy Amy Helms North Linn Alicia Smith Jefferson Blake Thorson Cedar Rapids Washington Sean Barnett Anamosa Alisabeth Caraway Marion Laura Ann Feldman Linn Mar and Nicholas Poduska Lisbon.
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Ashley, Mayflower
Marion-Linn
Daughters of the American Revolution
DAR Good Citizens
Katherine Baier
Alburnett
Keri Brecht
Benton Community
Joshua Dahlin
Center Point-Urbana
Katherine Graham
Kennedy
Amy Helms
North Linn
Alicia Smith
Jefferson
Blake Thorson
Cedar Rapids Washington
Sean Barnett
Anamosa
Alisabeth Caraway
Marion
Laura Ann Feldman
Linn- Mar
Nicholas Poduska
Lisbon
Laura Feldman
Linn-Mar
Olin Henry Matejka Named to Shriners Board in Twin Cities
Henry Matejka of Olin has been appointed to a three year term on the Shriners Hospitals for Children Twin Cities board. He is a member of El Kahir Shrine Center in Cedar Rapids. Firefighter grant news lists grants for Guttenberg Postville Traer Peosta Centralia VFD Protivin and others totaling amounts to fund equipment health and safety programs and EMS efforts. Deadline for the column is Wednesday noon with contact details for submissions.
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Olin
Henry Matejka
Shriners Hospitals For Children
Twin Cities
Minneapolis
Matejka
el Kahir Shrine Center
Cedar Rapids
Marion school board begins 05-06 budget discussions
Marion Independent School District board members start preliminary talks on the 2005-06 budget at 7 p.m. in the administrative boardroom 777 S. 15th St. Marion. Assistant Superintendent David Bradley will present financial areas and impacts with a special session set for March 28.
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Marion — Marion Independent School
Marion District
S. 15Th
David Bradley
UI group forms to empower African American women
Pastor Erica Still, 29, and UI graduate students organize an African American women’s Bible study in Iowa. The group addresses negative stereotypes and the lived experience of black women, comparing culture with Scripture as they discuss passages and personal meaning.
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Erica Still
Kummer
Still
Tiffin
Philadelphia
Iowa
Xavier Fine Arts Festival Highlights Theatre and Visual Arts
Xavier High School hosts the Xavier Fine Arts Festival from 6 to 8 30 p m Tuesday featuring theatrical vocal and band performances plus visual artwork and demonstrations. Admission is 8 per person.
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Xavier
Cedar Rapids
Xavier High School
42Nd St. NE
Calendar of events around Decorah and Iowa City
Dorian Band Grand Concert at 6 30 p m Center for Faith and Life Luther College Decorah Effigy Mounds Film Festival at Effigy Mounds National Monument north of Marquette film Ancient Mysteries The Odyssey of Troy Birds Program at 1 30 p m Cedar Rapids Public Library program by Gail Barels for elementary students Jim Shepard fiction reading at 6 30 p m English Philosophy Building University of Iowa Iowa City Live from Prairie Lights Nick Arvin at 8 p m Prairie Lights Books Iowa City Community Health Free Clinic
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Dorian Band
Center For Faith and Life
Luther College
Decorah
Effigy Mounds
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Cedar Rapids Public Library
First St. SE
Gail Barels
Crlibrary
Jim Shepard
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Uiowa
Artsiowa
Prairie Lights
Nick Arvin
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Uiowa.edu
Cedar Rapids Recycling Center Schedule No. 2
The Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency lists Site No. 2 Recycling Center open 7 30 a m to 4 30 p m at County Home Road and Highway 13. Phone number (319) 377 5290.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Local Office Hours Set at 947 14th Ave SE
Public contact hours scheduled from 2 to 6 p.m. at 947 14th Ave SE. Citizens may reach the office by phone at 319 363 0416 or fax 319 363 5569 or via email at SDarlene1 aol.com for inquiries and assistance.
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14Th Ave. SE
Aol
Garbage Disposal Calendar Notice for Solid Waste Agency
Site No 1 landfill operates 7 a.m. to 4 30 p m at 2250 A St SW Cedar Rapids IA Contact number (319) 398 5160 For item submissions to the Community Calendar email address or mail to The Gazette Cedar Rapids IA provide P O Box 511 52406 or fax (319) 398 5846
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George Ford
the Gazette
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Money
Gazettecommunications.com
Linn County
Solid Waste Agency
Community .Com
P.O
It's Your Business Public meetings calendar for Cedar Rapids week
The calendar lists public agency meetings across Cedar Rapids Marion Linn County and area organizations with times ranging from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Includes city council planning commissions boards and committees, library boards, school boards, and neighborhood associations with venues at City Hall Witwer Building Linn County Administrative Office Building and other local facilities.
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Cedar Rapids
Council
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Linn County Administrative Office
Linn County Board of Adjustment
Linn County Administrative Office Building
North Linn School Board
Troy Mills
Linn County Community Empowerment
Abbe Center For Community Mental Health
Mayor's Office
City Council
Cedar Hills Neighborhood Association
St. Mark’s United
Decorah Council to oppose rural sheriff funding shift
Decorah city officials plan a Tuesday resolution opposing Winneshiek County Board of Supervisors move to fund the sheriff department from the general fund. The public hearing on March 9 will set tax changes for incorporated and rural residents and review a $416,000 rural fund salary shift.
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Decorah
Winneshiek
Rural Fund
General Fund
Les Askelson
Sheriff's Department
Traer plans March 7 budget hearing for 2006
Traer schedules a public hearing at 7 p.m. March 7 at City Hall on the proposed fiscal 2006 budget. Revenue is $5,951,071 against expenses of $6,283,916, a 27 percent rise. property tax levy up to $13.27 per $1,000, boosting tax receipts to about $490,596. The plan includes street work and Prairie West Addition, with ending reserves dropping to about $1.86 million.
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TRAER
City
Prairie West
Decorah Council to Hold Lease Hearing on Wal-Mart Site
Decorah City Council will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a proposed lease for the former Wal-Mart building. Dale Putnam and Ward Budweg seek to renovate the 74000 square foot site for a banquet facility restaurant retail space and offices with a lease option deadline set for March 14.
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Wal-Mart
Upper
Iowa River
Putnam
Budweg
Paul Wanless
Decorah
Dale Putnam
Ward Budweg
Cedar Rapids Fire Calls Log From The Gazette
The Log notes public safety activity in Cedar Rapids with a sequence of incidents. Times include 8:07 a.m. chimney fire at 3330 Pioneer Ave SE and 1:25 p.m. brush fire at Highway 30 and C Street SW.
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The
Gazette
Easter
Iowa
Pioneer Ave
Mount Vernon Rd
Highway 30
C Street
First Ave. E
Fifth Ave
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