Local Government and Community Events Schedule Highlights
Linn County Supervisors Cedar Rapids City Council and Planning meetings fill the day along with an Opera workshop at Coe College and history and book discussions. Recycling drives run in Cedar Rapids and Marion with a Bluestem contact for more details.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
11Th St
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
EMA
Springville
Coe College
Daehler-Kitchin
Coe
Jim DeLong
Indian Creek Nature Center
Amana School Community
Middie Amana
Barbara Wells Price
Tess of the
Linn County Health Department
13Th St
Public Works Complex
Sixth St
Wilson Ave
Marion Recycling
35Th St
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Lottery results and jackpot update for today
Lottery numbers listed for multiple games including DAILY MILLIONS, PICK 3, PICK 4, LOTTERIES $100,000 CASH GAME and LITTLE LOTTO. No winner in Daily Millions. Jackpot for 6-of-54 stands at $23 million.
Mercy and St Luke's Reports and Daily Births
Mercy Davenport reports a daughter for Teresa and Michael Langer Jr. on Jan 26. St Luke's Marion lists births including Melinda and David McBride a son Cindy and Roger Carlson a son Kelly and John Monahan a son Jennifer and Lance Towns a daughter Nichole and Jamie Fink a son Mechelle Roney and Nick Carter a daughter Rebecca and Lon Schaeffer a daughter Linda and William Nelson a son. Data cover Jan 24-27 with multiple families and addresses.
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ST. Luke's
Melinda
David McBride
27Th St
Marion
Cindy
Roger Carlson
Zelda Dr. NW
Kelly
John Monahan
Paula Lane
Jennifer
Lance Towns
16Th St. SE
Nichole
Jamie Fink
Lucere Rd
Mechelle Roney
Nick Carter
Fifth Ave
Rebecca
Lon Schaeffer
F Ave
Linda
William Nelson
Springville
Drunken Driving Charges Reported in Eastern Iowa
A Gazette compilation lists individuals charged with drunken driving with arrest times and locations across Linn and nearby counties. Notable names include Brett Garbes, Michael Silker, David Rausch, and Rafael Medellin among others, with several second offense and Marion area entries.
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Brett A. Garbes
First Ave
Johnson Avenue
Edgewood Road
William J. Skogman
Schedale Rd
First Street
Matthew D. Larson
27Th St
Ninth Street
Marion
Kevin C. Nowell
Boxwood Lane
Paul L. Rowland
Park Ave
Fifth Avenue
James D. Stivers
Central City
Munier Road
James R. Webster
Fruitland Blvd
33Rd Avenue
Roy C. Morris
Coggan
Millard Lane
Michael E. Silker
C Ave
Third Street
David J. Rausch
Kum & Go
Seventh Ave
Rafael C. Medellin
Second Ave
Mount Vernon Road
Deborah A. Hubbard
Sixth St
Duane Hubbard
30Th St
Shannon L. Coleman
A St
Jeffrey Fifield
American student studies Cuba through Willamette Amherst program
University of Iowa sophomore Laura Crossley joined a three week study in Havana organized by Willamette University and the Center for Cross Cultural Studies. She observed scarce bread and four available university computers while meeting Cubans who show varied views on the U S embargo and life under the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Haggerty
Gazette
University of Iowa
Laura Crossley
Cuba
Crossley
Salon
Willamette University
Salem
Ore
Center For Cross Cultural Studies
Amherst
Mass
University of Havana
United States
Judith Ortiz
Center For
Cross Cultural Studies
U.S
Treasury Department
Ortiz
Havana
Linn County to appoint recorder Feb 18 likely Joan McCalmant
Linn County Supervisors vote 2 to 1 to fill the recorder vacancy on February 18 for the remaining two years of Pat Kane's term. Joan McCalmant, long time deputy, is favored by two supervisors and backed by the county's Democratic Party. A special election could be triggered if 8,304 petitions are filed within 14 days. The study to consider merging offices is endorsed.
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Dick Hogan
Linn County
Joan McCalmant
Linn County Board of Supervisors
E.F
Pat’ Kane
Kane
James Houser
Lu Barron
Houser
Barron
McCalmant
Linn County Democratic Party Central Committee
The
Gazette
Recorder
Linn-Mar bond issue panel hears concerns on remodel plan
Linn-Mar's bond issue committee gathered over 1 504 signatures and gauged patron views at a Gazette editorial board meeting. The plan centers on converting the junior high and high school into a high school with major additions, adding a fifth elementary school, a two story wing for a middle school, and moving fifth graders to elementary schools with the district remodeling four elementary schools for capacity. The school board set February 25 for a special election.
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Becky Stover
Gazette
Linn-Mar
Lions Committee
Jim Foote
Foote
Lions committee schedules public meetings on bond issue at Marion Library
The LIONS committee will host three public meetings at the Marion Public Library to discuss the school district bond plan. Meetings set for Feb 5 at 7 p.m., Feb 8 at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Residents question why another bond is needed so soon after an $8.5 million March 1993 issue approved by 75 percent.
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Lions Committee
The
Marion Public Library
Foote
Linn-Mar
C R mayor pursues work betterment fund despite delays
Mayor Lee Clancey remains committed to a Mayor's Fund for Excellence to reward city employees for ideas that improve efficiency. Legal questions and delays halted the plan to use a $2,000 pay raise as cash incentives, shifting to noncash rewards.
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Douglas Neumann
Lee Clancey
Clancey
Total Quality Service
TQS
Keep the Commission
Marion school board cheers administrator sharing deal
Marion Independent school board members praised the Cedar Rapids arrangement for half time superintendent William Jacobson. They discussed a possible new three year contract as the current year's state funding ends. The board also approved the 1997 98 calendar starting August 25 ending June 5 with December and March breaks and an extra spring day.
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Ion
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Marion Board
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Iowa
Teresa and
Michael Langer Jr
Davenport
the Gazette
Johnson County
David D. Redmond
Park Towne Ct
Coralville
U of I
Linn
Dostal
Linda Langenberg
Langenberg
Recorder’s Office
C.R
Marion School Board
Jacobson
Mar
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