Soup Kitchen Opens in Cedar Rapids
Ralph Brenneman leads a pilot soup kitchen at the old Immaculate Conception School in Cedar Rapids. About 36 people sought free meals on opening day, with volunteers preparing chicken vegetable soup and sandwiches for four to six pm, Monday through Friday.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph Brenneman
Immaculate Conception School
Fourth Ave. SE
Human Services
Emergency Survival Needs
Brenneman
Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby to feature parade and contests
The 21st annual Cedar Rapids Soap Box Derby adds a noon parade with clowns and calliope music. About 50 entrants in junior and senior divisions race on Kingston Stadium hill with events, volunteers, and a 6:30 p.m. awards banquet at IBEW Hall.
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Cedar Rapids
Derby Association
Derby Moms
Jaycees
Jaycee Ettes
Will Brown
Lowell Phelps
Chuck Racere
Larry Pookes
Vern Brubaker
Hep Hentrich
Charlie Burns
Frank Foster
Ibew Hall
Wiley Blvd
Akron
Ohio
Housing board orders fixes at Cedar Rapids apartments
Cedar Rapids landlord Ian MacFarlane faced a harsh rebuke from the Housing Board of Appeals after inspectors found 44 violations at 610 I Ave NW. He was told to vacate the lower unit and repair the upstairs bathroom by July 1, with ongoing scrutiny of progress and tenant safety.
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Cedar Rapids
Housing Board of Appeals
Ian MacFarlane
I Ave
MacFarlane
Terry Steinbach
Joyce Tolheim
Joe Cook
Steve Ovel
Cedar Rapids Board Denies Upstairs Unit Permit
Cedar Rapids officials deny occupancy permit for the upstairs apartment and order all work in the other unit finished by month end. Violations trigger a 30 day remedy period and potential placarding as unfit for human habitation. Other appeals tackle bathroom sink requirements and feasible variances.
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Orel
Steinbach
Five Charged With Drunk Driving in Linn County
Five people were arrested and charged with drunk driving in Linn County late Tuesday and early Wednesday. Joseph Brandt, 31, faced a third offense charge in the 2500 block of First Avenue East along with a suspended license and left of center. George Coffer, 26, was detained near Highway 150 two miles north of Center Point, with additional counts of marijuana possession and license suspension. John French, 23, was arrested on Sixth Street SW with a speeding charge aboard. Robert Halstead, 42, was drunk driving on Highway 218 south of Highway 84. Emmett Learn, 36, rural North Liberty, arrested on Cavalier Street NE with a failure to dim headlights.
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Linn County
Joseph D. Brandt
35Th St. NE
First Avenue East
George Coffer
Waterloo
Center Point
John J. French
60Th Ave
Sixth Street
Robert L. Halstead
Iowa City
Emmett J. Learn
North Liberty
Cavalier Street
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Soup Kitchen
C.R
Ken Pettit
Jayce
Heidi
John Anderson
Jaycee-Ettes
15Th Street
3Rd Ave
Armstrong
Williams Blvd
Housing Board
Nancy Stevens
Zette
Gerald Powers
Jack Lechty
C St. SW
Kenneth Brines
B Ave. NE
Southwest
Blazers
Coats
Armstrong Coatlam
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