City approves new Cherry Hill Park pool bid
Cedar Rapids firm Unteitig Construction offered a $3.789 million bid, 16.7 percent below the engineer's estimate of $4.550 million, for a completely new Cherry Hill Park pool. Eight bids were under estimate, with Kleiman Construction at $3.968 million as the next-lowest. Parks Commissioner Wade Wagner said savings could fund expanded parking at Cherry Hill and Noelridge Park pools.
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Cherry Hill Park
Unteitig Construction
Cedar Rapids
Kleiman Construction Inc
Wade Wagner
Cherry Hill
Noelridge Park
Wagner
Nature Center awarded 15671 grant to aid home schoolers
The Indian Creek Nature Center received a 15671 grant from the Iowa DNR REAP program to develop home school educational programs. Funds partly come from wildlife plate sales and gaming venue fees. A part time coordinator will be hired to expand programs this fall. Tiso Matthews, 22, of Scheneville Indiana, faces five years and three months in federal prison for distribution of crack cocaine after admitting to selling crack to a government informant on three occasions in late 2001. He must repay 2500 buy money to the government.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Nature Center
Ross Harrison
DNR
Jan Aiels
Otis Rd. SE
Tiso Matthews
Scheneville
Ind
Matthews
Cedar Rapids
Marion woman charged with second degree criminal mischief
Beth Walton, 34, of 117-C Southview Dr in Marion, was charged Tuesday after allegedly ramming her vehicle into Devin Hennessein's car twice in the 1400 block of Twixt Town Road at about 7 27 p.m. Monday, court records show.
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Marion
Beth Walton
Southview Dr
Walton
Devin Hennessein
Town Road
Plan moves waste transfer proposal to Marion surprise
Jetter Properties plans a $3 million waste transfer station seven acres west of the former Kwik-Way at 500 57th St. The site is zoned industrial 1-2 and would feed a landfill in East Moline. Marion officials reacted to the plan with concerns about timing and process.
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the Gazette
Marion
Jetter Properties
Quad Cities
Kwik-Way
57Th St
Tom Treharne
John Nieland
Bluestem
Nieland
Jetter
Treharne
East Moline
Terry Cottage at Tanager Place Aims to Rehabilitate Youths
In Cedar Rapids, Jim 9 and companions live at Terry Cottage on the Tanager Place campus under a new manager program. Staff use routines, planned ignoring, and supervised access to duties to teach responsibility and prepare residents for returning home.
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Brian Ray
the Gazette
Melanie Reese
Tanager Place
Cedar Rapids
Tanager
Jim
Terry Cottage
Justin
Reese
Eastern Iowa blood banks test for West Nile virus
Three Eastern Iowa blood centers join experimental nucleic acid testing for West Nile. Dr. Louis Katz of Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center notes the rapid development of the test. Testing began June 23 with DeGowin Blood Center sending donations to Memorial Blood Center in Minneapolis.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Louis Katz
Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center
Illinois
Katz
Grant Wood Area
American Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi Valley Regional
University of Iowa DeGowin
Iowa City
Mississippi Valley
DeGowin Blood Center
Memorial Blood Center
Minneapolis
Martha Wieland
DeGowin
Ambitious Heather Wirtz Shapes Many Careers in Iowa
Heather Wirtz, 27, of Toledo, balances radio commercials secretarial work and writing with caring for her daughter Breanna. She has worked as a Meskwaki casino guard and Iowa Juvenile Home youth worker, fixed up a 130 year old home, and studies at Marshalltown Community College. Heather envisions ad work, home decorating, and painting murals as she pursues a college degree. Her husband Mark helped with home improvements while she builds toward multiple goals. Heather, born in West Virginia and moved to Iowa at 12, earned a GED and is still pursuing further education.
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Iowa
Vincent van Gogh
Heather
Mark
West Virginia
Breanna
Marshalltown Community College
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Heather Wirtz
Toledo
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