Neighborhood protests grow over Gatsby's liquor license renewal
City Hall reports bar patrons at Gatsby's 912 First Ave NW provoke complaints from residents and nearby businesses. Petitions with 62 signatures urge nonrenewal as parking and public disturbances prompt a July 27 meeting at Olivet Church hosted by Citizens for Community Improvement. Owners Phillip and Leslie Abodeely hold 50 percent each.
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Carol Sawyer
Ave. NW
Citizens For Community Improvement Group
Sawyer
Gatsby's
Scott Long
Long's Repair
Long
CCI
Olivet Presbyterian Church
10Th St
Floyd Bergen
Gatsby's Limited
Phillip
Leslie Abodeely
PRIDE seeks Cedar Rapids ban on drug paraphernalia
Petitions signed by 2 576 Cedar Rapids residents urged the City Council to ban sale and possession of drug paraphernalia. PRIDE representative Jeff Berg presented the petitions as a safety group pushes for a new ordinance matching Iowa Code definitions of controlled substances and drug paraphernalia.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids Regional Pride
PRIDE
Jeff Berg
Berg
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
College board re elects secretary and treasurer
Glenn Selzer business manager of the College Community School District is re elected to a one year term as secretary of the district board of education. David Neuhaus president of Fairfax State Savings Bank is re elected to a one year term as district treasurer. Regular director elections set for Sept. 14 with polls 7 am to 8 pm. Board also approves bank depository additions and bids for bakery and dairy products.
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Glenn Selzer
College Community School
David Neuhaus
Fairfax State Savings Bank
Southgate
33Rd Ave
First National Bank of Iowa
College Community
William Bach
Swisher Trust
Prairie Farms Dairy
Let Freedom Ring Advocacy Workshop for Disabled Held
An advocacy training event for people with physical disabilities sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Cedar Rapids and Project Independence Inc. takes place July 24 at the Holiday Inn Cedar Rapids. Ray Ozarow of New York will speak along with a local panel. The one day workshop costs $6 and includes lunch and transport. For information call Sue Beaty or the Cedar Rapids office at 365-4657.
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United Cerebral Palsy Association of
Greater Cedar Rapids
Project Independence Inc
Holiday Inn
Cedar Rapids
Ray Ozarow
United Cerebral Palsy Association
New York
Sue Beaty
Rural Elderly Hearing Set for Cedar Rapids
The House Task Force on the Rural Elderly will hold a public hearing at 8 a.m. on Monday August 2 at First Lutheran Church Cedar Rapids to study problems facing Iowa seniors. Congressman Tom Tauke Rep Mike Synar and Rep Cooper Evans will attend. Testimony may inform a later comprehensive report for the House Select Committee on Aging.
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Washington
House
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
First Lutheran Church
Third Ave
Tom Tauke
Mike Synar
D-Okla
Cooper Evans
Tauke
House Select Committee On
Claude Pepper
D-Fla
House Select Committee On Aging
Congress
First Ave
Synar
Evans
Witwer Senior Center
Second Ave
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