Spitfires win national model contest at St Louis show
Andrew White 41 of Mount Vernon led the Cedar Rapids based Alexander Lippisch Chapter of the International Plastic Modeling Society to first place with a 16 Spitfire collection at the national convention in St Louis. White described the build as 50 plus hours per model with museum quality detailing and a deep research focus.
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Andrew White
White
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Alexander Lippisch
International Plastic Modeling Society
Modeling Society
St. Louis
Lippisch
Mehlberger
College district reports strong finances and curriculum changes
The College Community School District shows a 1981-82 budget surplus of 356745 and an operating budget of 6984350 carried into 1982-83. Superintendent Bach says the $300k surplus secures programs. the board approves a plan to unify committees for objections to instructional materials and hires for kindergarten staffing and negotiations.
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Selzer
Cedar Rapids council approves rent inspection fee plan
The Cedar Rapids City Council agreed to fund about 50 percent of the Housing Inspection Services Department budget through rental unit inspection fees over five years. The five year budget is about 742000 dollars, with an average fee of 24.73 dollars per unit. Single family homes are expected to have higher fees than multi family units. A fee schedule and options for annual or annual lump sum payments will be considered, along with a re inspection fee for violations.
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Cedar Rapids
Housing “Inspection Services Department
Floyd Bergen
Bergen
Terry Steinbach
Steinbach
Paraphernalia ban hearing set for next week
Cedar Rapids council to hold a public hearing at 9 a.m. July 28 in City Hall on a proposed ordinance banning sale or possession of drug paraphernalia. The measure has 655 opposing petitions and 2 576 PRIDE signatures supporting it. Violation would be a misdemeanor with up to $100 fine or 30 days in jail. In 1873 Jesse James robbed a Rock Island train at Adair, Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar ‘Rapids
Parent Resources and Information For Drug Education
PRIDE
Jesse James
Adair
Iowa
Cedar Rapids approves plans for new public library building
Cedar Rapids Public Library trustees gave final approval to the library project plans and specifications and transferred project administration to the Metropolitan Cedar Rapids Library Foundation. The bid opening for site and building contracts is set for September 9, with early August distribution of bid documents.
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Cedar Rapids
Stone
Brown Healey and Bock
McConnell-Steveley-Anderson
Board
Gazette
the Gazette
Ground Transportation
Fifth Avenue
Second Street
Nancy McHugh
Library Board
Cameras probe sewers and bond issue risk in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids officials inspect all sanitary sewers with a video camera to identify deteriorating lines. Repairs may require bonds if the project is extensive. Illegal foundation drainage into sewers exacerbates backups during heavy rain, with some homeowners unaware of the violation.
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Wayne Murdock
Cedar Rapids
Murdock
Gazette
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Ray Mehlberger
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William Bach
Bach
Bob Bostwick
Bostwick
Ray and Associates
Ruitittigge
Lindale
Westdale
By Christie Wallace
Rapids
McHugh
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
The
Library Foundation
Metropolitan
Hall Foundation
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