City to expand and modify multiple neighborhood pools
Plans call for Bever Pool to add a 2700 Bever Ave SE complex with zero depth entry two water slides a drop slide a 1 meter board two in pool play structures shade arbor a food court and six 25 yard lanes. Additional upgrades cover Bender Ellis Jones Cherry Hill Noelridge pool projects and related facilities.
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Bever Pool
Bever Ave
Cherry Hill Pool
Stoney Point Rd
Cedar Rapids pool vote aims to fund city renewal plan
Cedar Rapids faces a July 10 one year 1-cent local option vote to overhaul pools in Noelridge Bever Jones and replace Ellis Cherry Hill and Bender with new and renovated facilities. SPLASH advocates argue modern amenities and safety, while officials stress the tax funds only pools and must be spent for a set term.
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Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Linn County
Bertram
Prairieburg
Cedar Rapids
Noelridge
Bever
Jones
Cherry Hill
Ellis
Bender
Splash
Voss
Kasson
Dale Todd
Todd
Burbach Aquatics
Platteville
Wis
Citizen Committee
Veterans Memorial Stadium
League of Cities
Doug Elliott
Iowa Council of Governments
Elliott
Gazette
Splash’s
Bever and
Jones Parks
Eclectic electric fare at Iowa City Jazz Festival
IOWA CITY audiences enjoyed an eclectic electric night with Matt Wilson Quartet opening Friday and Chris Merz Trio on Saturday. Kenny Werner's trio delivered lyrical piano, Ari Hoenig and Johannes Weidenmueller supplemented with Brent Sandy, and Carla Bley Steve Swallow headlined Sunday with a clean straight ahead sax and bass rhythm.
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Wilson
Andrew D’angelo
Chris Merz
Merz
Iowa City
Brent Sandy
Kenny Werner
Ari Hoenig
Johannes Weidenmueller
Mike Lee
Benny Golson
Werner
Carla Bley
Steve Swallow
Cleveland
Restoration drive to revive Mount Mercy grotto gains boost
A fundraising push begins this summer for the Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto at Mount Mercy to complete a two year restoration with Harvard trained expert Rajer and volunteer crew. Ortha Harstad has contributed $6,000 toward a $10,000 grant and a renewed campaign aims to finish by spring 2003 with a May Day celebration.
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Mount Mercy
Our Mother of Sorrow
Christ
Gilmor
Lightner
Sisters of Mercy
The
Rajer
Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto
Cedar Rapids
Ortha Harstad
John Berger
William Lightner
Harstad
Ortha
History Center
Budget battle trims Iowa state spending and jobs
Governor Vilsack negotiates a 4.9 billion plan with a 6 percent cut to most agencies while Republicans refuse to declare an emergency. About 160 state employees face layoffs in 2002 and 750 vacancies may go unfilled as transportation revenue falls. Public hearings in fall will review proposed reorganizations with outside executive help.
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General Assembly
Tom Vilsack
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Iowa Department of Revenue & Finance
Tracy Kasson
Iowa League of Cities
I.C
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Review
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