Cedar Rapids approves Second Avenue street and sidewalk plan
Cedar Rapids City Council approved two block two lane improvements on Second Avenue SE from First Street to the railroad tracks. Work begins by late April with completion planned in the 1992 construction season. Estimated cost 2.2 million with 1.2 million covered by the SSMID.
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Second Avenue
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Lee Tippe
Municipal Improvement District
SSMID
Don Salyer
Ssmid Commission
Jay Petersen
Third Street
First Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Tippe
Bleachers to Open as Bar in Former Woody's Site
Michael Kennedy who bought the Woody's Rock n Roll location at 912 First Ave NW seeks a new liquor license. The City Council removed barriers and approved a one year license for Kennedy, with state approval still required, enabling Bleachers Sports Bar and Pizza to open January 29 after remodeling.
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Michael Kennedy
Woody's Rock N Roll
First Ave. NW
Kennedy
A Ave. NW
Woody
Jeff Macho
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Nurse Felton Named to Mercy Health Services Board
Dr. Geraldine Felton of the University of Iowa College of Nursing becomes the first nurse named to Mercy Health Services Board of Directors. Mercy Health Services operates hospitals and care facilities in Michigan Indiana and Iowa with Iowa subsidiaries in Clinton Dubuque Dyersville Mason City New Hampton and Sioux City. Felton earned BS and MS from Wayne State and PhD from NYU and joined the UI faculty in 1981.
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Geraldine Felton
University of Iowa College of Nursing
Mercy Health Services
Sisters of Mercy
Detroit
Michigan
Indiana
Iowa
Clinton
Dubuque
Dyersville
Mason City
New Hampton
Sioux City
Felton
Wayne State University
New York University
U of I
City offers 22000 settlement in Iowa City suit
The Iowa City Council offered Kathleen Snow of Packwood a 22000 settlement for injuries from an April 22 1989 collision involving a city police car driven by Steven E Fortmann at the Benton Clinton intersection. Snow alleged head injuries and delayed medical care by officers. She could not be reached for comment.
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Iowa City
Kathleen Snow
Packwood
Snow
Benton Street
Steven E. Fortmann
Benton
Clinton
Fortmann
Cedar Rapids area weighs curbside composting with regional plan
Cedar Rapids officials authorized a feasibility study for a regional solid waste composting facility to handle biodegradable waste with curbside separation. Five cities Linn County and the University of Iowa expressed interest, aiming to cut landfill deposits 50 percent by 2000 and up to 75 percent with drop‑off recycling.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
Dave Hogan
Iowa City
North Liberty
Marion
Belle Plaine
Ely
Linn County
University of Iowa
Hogan
Liz Christiansen
Iowa
Pro and anti abortion demonstrators mark Roe v Wade anniversary
Demonstrators on both sides of the abortion debate mark the 19th anniversary of legalization with rallies nationwide. In Cedar Rapids, Doug Minney leads a pro life prayer outside the Clinic for Women while in Iowa City Phoebe Ball Sharon Alton and Jen Brown participate in a pro choice vigil, clapping and waving noisemakers despite cold rain.
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Doug Minney
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Clinic
Phoebe Ball
Mount Vernon
Sharon Alton
Jen Brown
Iowa City
Memorial honors Cedar Rapids social reformer Elizabeth Bender
Elizabeth Bender 88, longtime Jane Boyd Community House director, was remembered at a memorial service after burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Cedar Rapids. The service highlighted her 40 years leading the house and fostering inclusive care, with mourners noting her encouragement and impact on families and the needy.
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Old Guard
Elizabeth Bender
Oak Hill Cemetery
Cedar Rapids
Jane Boyd
Viola Gibson
Oak Hill
Ely
Armstrong
John M. Ely
Public Health Services
The
Red Cross
Cording
Harold Ewoldt
Tipton
Boyd
Tyler School
Ewoldt
Gibson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church Chapel
Bender
Indefinite hold of new central Catholic high school to be reviewed
Boards of Regis and LaSalle high schools pause the Blueprint for Excellence plan to fund an 8 million dollars replacement on the east and west sides. About 3.2 million had been pledged. 700 thousand sits in the new board account. Prospects hinge on future decisions, with ground breaking delayed and sites not yet sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Catholic High School
Regis and LaSalle High Schools
42Nd Street
Ushers Ferry Road
Loren Coppock
Regis
LaSalle
Mount Mercy College
Mount Mercy
Thomas Feld
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2Nd Avenue
Linn
Johnson Mall
Europe
Gazette
Chris Stewart
Lisa Powel
Donna Lee Olson
United Way
University of Iowa Hospitals
Munity
Elizabeth Koffron-Eisen
By Kurt Rogahn
TeleUs
Coppock
Donald Bruggeman
Catholic Secondary Education
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