Eight Reasons I Won't Ride RAGBRAI This Year
Mike Deupree lists humorous excuses for skipping RAGBRAI XVI. He jokes about not being paid to ride, his aging body, a bike nicknamed the batmobile, potential harm on the highway, and environmental and political quips. He notes Cedar Rapids as a stop and signs off that his column runs Sundays Mondays and Thursdays in The Gazette.
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Oelwein
Cedar Rapids
Ragbrai
Cameroon
Iowa
Ben-Gay Brigade
Mike Deupree
the Gazette
Mistaken death baffles Waterloo coroner
James Albert Geiger 33 was declared brain dead after a nuclear blood flow study yet eight hours later moved as an injector neared removal for transplant. He died early Wednesday after a police shooting at Covenant Medical Center. Autopsy planned. organs deemed nonviable. Police investigations ongoing.
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Lonnie Zingula
Geiger
Dolan
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Iowa
Thomas Bennett
Gary McBroom
Bernal Koehrsen
Black Hawk County Sheriffs Department
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Waterloo Police Department
McBroom
Drugstore robbery suspect nabbed after clue trail
Cedar Rapids man Vance Birch 32 of 409 Day St NW will appear in court on a second degree robbery charge after police traced tips from Bob s First Avenue Pharmacy to his Day Street home. He was arrested Wednesday following a noon Tuesday pharmacy robbery where he demanded narcotics and fled in a white car.
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Cedar Rapids
Vance Birch
Day St. NW
Linn County
Bob
First Avenue
First Ave. NW
Birch
Bruce Kern
Kern
Hotline Ad Offers Time and Date Access
A toll free hotline 1 800 545 FAIR is advertised for dates and times with hours 8 a m to 4 p m Monday through Friday for event scheduling and information.
Heart to Perform at Five Seasons Center September 1
Heart brings its rock tour to the Five Seasons Center on September 1 at 8 p.m. with Black Crowes as the opening act. All seats are general admission, with tickets at 19.50 each on sale Saturday at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster phones and outlets. The band is fronted by sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson, formed in Seattle in 1972 and rose to fame with Crazy on You and Magic Man.
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Cedar Rapids
Heart
Five Seasons Center
Black Crowes
Turday
Ticketmaster
Ann
Nancy Wilson
Seattle
Magic Man
Corona to discuss killings at parole board hearing
San Francisco AP report says convicted mass killer Juan Corona will admit at a parole board hearing that he hacked 25 migrant workers to death in 1971. His lawyer Don Condren said Corona indicated willingness to talk about the killings at the August 1 hearing.
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San Francisco
Juan Corona
Parole Board
Don Condren
Corona
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Cedar Rapids , Inc
P.O
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Tom Newport
3Rd Ave. S.E
Armstrong
Chris Stewart
Isaac Blazek
Brett Hill
Isaac
Barack
Herman's Hermits
Gary Lewis
Playboys
Trashmen
Lionel Cartwright
Leroy van Dyke
Hee Hawk
Vicki Bird
Blue Band
Visa & MasterCi
Krebs
18Th St. SW
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