Deadline for Gazette Success section ideas
Today is the deadline to submit ideas for The Gazette's annual Success section to publish March 29. Readers are invited to share personal and business successes from individuals, businesses, churches, schools, agencies, and more via fax, email, or mail to Phyllis Fleming at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406, P.O. Box 511.
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Cedar Rapids Crash Injures Two on First Avenue
Police report an eastbound car crossed the center line near Town and Country Center at 9:25 p.m. injuring two occupants who were hospitalized at St. Luke's. Names and conditions were not released. Traffic rerouted briefly. Also, Cedar Rapids considers annexing a small parcel at West Post Road and Wilson Avenue SW to tidy the Grand View Mobile Home Park boundaries after 1995 changes. Xavier High School opens this fall with 240 attendees at Regis and 96 at LaSalle inform...
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First Avenue
36Th Street
Town and Country Center
Center Line
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
West Post Road
Wilson Avenue
Grand View
Xavier
Jeff Henderson
Xavier High School
Regis High School
LaSalle High School
Henderson
Regis and LaSalle
Immaculate Conception Church
42Nd St. NE
Marion School to open bond bids today
Marion Independent school board will meet at 5 p.m. in the District Board Room to review bids for 5.545 million dollars in construction bonds part of a 7.97 million dollar issue approved by voters in October. Proceeds fund additions at Starry Elementary Washington Elementary and Marion High School with other projects planned. Bid deadline is 2 p.m. today.
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Marion Independent School Board
S. 15Th St
Marion
Starry
Washington Elementary
Marion High School
Emerson
Vernon Middle School
CoralvilleMuseum to Open ChildSized City Works Gallery
The Iowa Children's Museum will open in Coral Ridge Mall in July featuring City Works a 7,000 square foot permanent gallery that recreates a traditional downtown in a child friendly scale. It includes a grocery store bank restaurant broadcast center theater and hospital. The museum totals 28 000 square feet.
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Iowa Children’s Museum
Coral Ridge
City Works
Judge rules rights of Cedar Rapids man violated by district probation change
District Judge David Remley found that Jeffrey D. Campbell's equal protection rights were violated by an Iowa law pilot project in the 6th Judicial District that reassigns probation revocation hearings to an administrative law judge and the parole board. The ruling affects only sentences after July 1, 1997 and leaves open questions about broader applicability and appeals.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
6Th Judicial District
Jeffrey D. Campbell
Duane Rohovit
Linn County
Campbell
David Remley
Remley
Parole Board
Iowa Parole Board
Doug Marek
Assis
Marek
Rohovit
6Th District
Coralville man to stand trial in 8 year old abuse case
A Johnson County judge ruled Coralville resident James Johnson competent to stand trial for a May sexual abuse of an 8 year old at the Coralville Recreation Center. The 37 year old has two prior sexual assault convictions and faces first degree kidnapping charges with trial scheduled Feb 2 in Johnson County District Court.
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Johnson
Coralville
Johnson County
Benton County
Panels begin work on Cedar Rapids comprehensive plan
Cedar Rapids moves forward with an 18 month planning process as eight technical committees study parks, annexation, transportation, housing and more for a 30 year plan. Council approves a 137800 contract with Freilich Leitner Carlisle to guide the plan funded by Community Development Block Grants.
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Douglas Neumann
Cedar Rapids
Freilich, Leitner & Carlisle
Kansas City
Dean Wheatley
Parks
Wheatley
Former Iowa official faces trial on embezzlement charges
Joe Rinas aged 51 of 2407 Buckingham Dr NW is charged with second degree theft for allegedly stealing 6598 in December rental receipts from Glenbrook Centre where he was resident manager. Trial set for March 23. He previously served as Linn County supervisor and state legislator.
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Gazette
Linn County
Joe Rinas
Buckingham Dr. NW
Rinas
Glenbrook Centre
First Ave. SE
Gunther Lubben
H.R. Lubben Co
Glenbrook
Iowa
Linn
Omlweereen
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Lyle Hanson
Seniors learn basics in Cedar Rapids computer class
Stanley Jasudowicz, 74, and his wife Doris, both Cedar Rapids residents, joined a six week program offered by the Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission. The class helps seniors demystify technology with eight initial students and two January sessions planned one for beginners and one for those with some experience.
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Krista Larson
Gazette News
Stanley Jasudowicz
Doris
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission
Stanley
Recreation Commission
Teresa White
Bob Eppel
The
Information Technology Department
City Hall
Seniors Offered Starter Computer Class Beginning January
Senior citizens may join a six week computer basics course starting Jan 22 at the Ambroz Recreation Center and Time Check Center. The $18 beginner class aims to build confidence, basic terminology, and simple tasks like writing letters and emailing relatives.
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Ambroz Recreation Center
Julie Macauley
Eppel
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