Apollo work celebrated by Collins Radio retirees
In Cedar Rapids 500 people will mark Collins Radio Co employees who contributed to Project Apollo. The event on F Avenue and Collins Road includes speeches, displays, student space science prizes, and a 4 30 p m start time with activities through 6 30 p m. United Way Trailblazer Campaign launches at Sunrise Rotary Club with eight designated companies leading fundraising. Eight poster contest winners will receive gift certificates. The campaign ends August 25.
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Collins Radio Co
Collins
F Avenue
Collins Road
Rockewell
United Way
Iowa
Collins Plaza
Cedarapids Inc
D.C. Taylor Co
GE Capital Corp
Kgan-Tv
Mike McGrath Auto Center
Quaker Oats
Telecom * USA Publishing
Weyerhaeuser Paper Co
Montezuma Crash Claims Local Teen's Life
A 16 year old, Travis Wayne Schmidt, died Tuesday in a one car crash two miles east of Oskaloosa on a gravel road when the vehicle struck a power pole. The driver, 15 year old Stoney Comstock, and passenger, 16 year old Christine Carson, both from New Sharon, were treated and released.
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Montezuma
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Travis
Wayne Schmidt
Schmidt
Stoney Comstock
Christine Carson
New Sharon
Drug charges follow stop near Swisher exit
An Illinois man, Richard D. Brown, 24, was charged with possession with intent to deliver cocaine after a traffic stop near the Swisher exit on Interstate 380 in Johnson County. He also faces counts under the Iowa Drug Tax Stamp Act and weapon possession. Brown is jailed on a $30,000 bond. A 16-year-old in a second vehicle faces licenses and beer violations.
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Illinois
Johnson County
Richard D. Brown
Swisher
Interstate 380
Linn County
Brown
Ungerer elected Hawkeye mayor in special election
Brent Ungerer won the Hawkeye mayoralty with 94 votes after the council appointed him to the post to fill a vacancy created by Glen Boie. Faye Hanson won a seat on the Hawkeye City Council with 60 ballots, five more than Georgia Andrews. Dennis Bumgardener led the council race with 36 votes and Lloyd Wurzer earned eight.
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Brent Ungerer
Faye Hanson
Glen Boie
Ungerer
Dennis Bumgardener
Lloyd Wurzer
Hanson
Georgia Andrews
North Liberty commercial boom fuels land bids at Cherry Street Center
North Liberty faces a land sale auction next week as four developers submit bids for the last city owned parcel at Cherry Street Center, signaling a booming commercial era. New projects include Bever Kreek Mall expansion with Video Land and Brown Bottle leases, North Liberty Eye Clinic openings, and additional retail and apartment spaces planned along Highway 965 and Sugar Creek Lane. The 1990 census counted 2,926 residents with a special census planned as officials estimate population could reach 4,500 by 2000.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Johnson County Bureau
North Liberty
Cherry Street
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Tom Doermann
Predi Che
Doermann
Bever Kreek Mall
Zeller Street
Holiday Foods
Keith Hodapp
Video Land
Brown Bottle
Linn aid programs get boost
Linn County shelters and programs received nearly 253000 in state and federal funding for the current fiscal year, up 55000 from last year. The grants come from FEMA ESGP IFA and ESGP via DHRM allocations. Shelter leaders say the increase helps but may not cover ongoing needs.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Linn County
Iowa Department of Economic Development
ESGP
Ann Hearn
DHRM
Congress
Hearn
Julie Facion
Catherine McAuley
Facion
IFA
Willis Dady
Shelter funds drive up year-end homelessness figures
In 1994 funds across programs pushed shelter demand higher as Welborn and Facion cite job scarcity and skill gaps. The closure of two women shelters and delays at Madge Phillips Center fuel demand at Catherine McAuley while ESGP and United Way support allow more programs to operate.
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Welborn
Facion
Madge Phillips
Catherine McAuley
ESGP
Area Substance Abuse Council
ASAC
John Garringer
IFA
United Way
Hearn
Sitter admits shaking infant in Cedar Rapids case
Cedar Rapids detective testified that Kelly Linhart 25 admitted shaking 3 month old Dustin McArtor on Nov 24 out of frustration. The child’s parents employed Linhart as a day care provider and Dustin is the son of Doug and Dawn McArtor.
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Dick Hogan Gazette Courts
Kelly Linhart
Dustin McArtor
Cedar Rapids
Mark Fischer
Linhart
Ridgeview Dr
Dustin
Doug
Dawn McArtor
Underwood Ave
Fischer
Linhard
Ex Cedar Rapids chief among top paid in U S
Former Cedar Rapids Community School District superintendent Harold Guthrie ranked ninth among the nation’s top paid public school executives for 1993 94 with a 138 915 salary at Spring Branch Independent School District in Houston area He later earned 165 000 while Cedar Rapids pays 97 000 and the report notes the vast gap to corporate chiefs.
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John Kirsch
Gazette
Education We
Cedar Rapids
Education
Harold Guthrie
Spring Branch
Texas
Houston
Guthrie
Lewis Finch
Ramon Cortines
New York City
New York
Corzines
Walt Disney
Michael Eisner
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Hawkeye City
Izette
Linda Beaver
Kreek Mall
N. Liberty Booming
Art Karrar
Rob’s Meat Market
Deli
Koser’s General
Jim Kessler
Golfview Mobile Home Court
Sugar Creek Lane
Casey’s General Store
Sugar Creek
Penn St
First National Bank
Physicians
North Liberty Family Health Centre
Mike Jones
Dr. Joann German
North Liberty Community Center
Tom and
al Streb
City of
Linn
Andea
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