Cedar Rapids considers Higley mansion care facility plan
The Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment delayed action on a conditional use permit for 860 17th St SE to run a 50 bed care facility by Health Development Link pending legal notice. About 20 opponents attended as a 3 pm meeting was set for Monday in City Council chambers with a related rezoning review possible next week. The council also weighs a police pay pact.
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Higley
Cedar Rapids
Health Development Link
Wildlife Federation official to speak on water restoration
Ann Riley executive director of the Wildlife Federation of California will discuss environmental and political issues surrounding water restoration at 11 a.m. Thursday in King Chapel at Cornell College. A Cornell graduate and former California Department of Water Resources administrator, she has led flood control and stream restoration projects and authored a book on stream restoration.
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Wildlife Federation of California
Ann Riley
King Chapel
Cornell College
Riley
Cornell
California Department of Water Resources
Audubon Society of
Portland
Ore
Eastern Iowa Red Cross Seeks Relief Funds for Former Soviet Nations
Eastern Iowa Red Cross chapters accept donations to support relief efforts in former Soviet Union countries. In Cedar Rapids the Grant Wood Area chapter asks checks marked Former Soviet Union Relief act be mailed to 3601 42nd St NE. Funds support medicine food and aid to new Red Cross societies in the region.
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Red Cross
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood Area
42Nd St. NE
Cedar Rapids eyes sales tax as property tax relief plan
City officials touted a metro area 1 cent sales tax to lower Cedar Rapids property taxes by about 27 percent, with broader countywide relief of roughly 12 percent. The plan would use all revenue to cut property levies for homeowners and businesses, though some officials questioned impacts on renters.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bob McMahan
Five Seasons Hotel
Marion
Hiawatha
McMahan
Waterloo
Des Moines
Iowa City
Public Safety
J.D. Smith
Canney
Linn County
Council mulls limit on high level firings in city government
Cedar Rapids under a commission system may shift personnel power to the full City Council. Mayor Don Canney says the change would require majority votes for dismissals of department heads to curb past favoritism. Proposal to be discussed today with an initial vote planned Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chauffeurs
Teamsters and Helpers
Judy Perkins
Perkins
Don Canney
Lonnie
Canney
Jaeger-Hinzman
Focus Preschool Empowers Parents At St Pauls Focus
Focus Preschool and Birth-to-3 programs at St Pauls United Methodist Church in Waterloo strengthen low income families through a extendable Parents Day Out model and home visits. Co directors Cynde Clymer and Chris Evan Schwartz emphasize facilitation over instruction to build parent networks and support systems. The program began in 1989 with 16 children and has grown to multiple classes with grant funds and church backing.
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Cynde Clymer
Chris Evan-Schwartz
Evan-Schwartz
Clymer
St. Paul
Cooper
Waterloo
Evan Schwartz
St. Paul's
FOCUS
AEA
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MCI
Second Ave
Branstad
Mount Vernon
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Davenport
Dubuque
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Civil Rights Commission
Bill Vaughn
Council On Personnel
Civil Rights and Airport Commissions
Library Board
Kyllis Cooper
Son DaRaylin
Evan- Schwartz
Kirkwood
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