Cedar Rapids schools keep year round calendar amid grant loss
Cedar Rapids district may cut intercession programming and staff as a grant shortfall endangers year round elementary enrichment during breaks. Parents favor retaining the current calendar with all schools beginning in July and nine week terms, despite funding cuts to K 3 At Risk and Title I programs.
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Polk and Taylor
Jane Lonergan-Highley
Polk
B Ave
Denise Pape
Taylor
Seventh Ave
Taylor and Polk
Pape
Iowa City weighs final reading on restaurant smoking ban
City Council agrees to final consideration of a 50 percent food revenue threshold for banning smoking in Iowa City eateries. The ordinance set to take effect March 1 requires affidavits on food liquor revenue, with smaller restaurants exempted. Vanderhoef envisions a zero smoking goal for restaurants and bars in coming years.
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Steven Kanner
Irvin Pfath
Dee Vanderhoef
Ross Wilburn
Vanderhoef
Mike O'Donnell
Cedar Rapids Vision Panel Considers Riverboat Casino Idea
Cedar Rapids discussions on a riverboat casino as a potential tourism boost proceed with caution. Public Safety Commissioner David Zahn and community leaders stress social costs and economic implications, while a Vision Iowa Planning Committee plans a Jan forum to gather ideas and address obstacles. A statewide moratorium on new licenses remains, with petitions and referendums possible in Linn County.
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Iowa Planning Committee
Cedar Rapids
Pate
Tinue
Linn
Linda Langenberg
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Rick Smith
Ricks
Jury selection begins in Des Moines man’s 2nd murder trial
Jurors were called to serve in the first degree murder trial of Donald Piper in Cedar Rapids. He is accused in the 1997 killing of Zarijeta Sakanovic in Clive and is already serving a life sentence for a 1993 West Des Moines murder. A third related case remains unsolved.
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Des Moines
Patricia Lange
Sakanovic
Lange
University Park Holiday Inn
West Des Moines
Piper
Mariana Redroban
Walnut Creek Inn
Former Cedar Rapids Mayor to host knife workshop
Cedar Rapids former mayor Don Canney will lead a knife care and sharpening workshop at the Indian Creek Nature Center at 7 tonight. Canney led Cedar Rapids from 1969 to 1992 and runs Leech Lake Knife Co, which makes 2000 to 3000 handmade filet knives yearly. Admission is 2 dollars for members and 3 dollars for nonmembers.
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C.R
Canney
Knife
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Indian Creek Nature Center
Leech Lake Knife Co
Nature Center
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